godawful
4
8.2
- adjective
- /ɡɑːˈdɔːfəl/
- Informal
:
horrible
- The movie was so bad that it was truly godawful and unwatchable.
- a godawful mess
- a godawful thing
- the most godawful
Examples
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One thing is for sure, though, we are godawful at shooting the 3-point shot.
Blog text (21) -
"Thank God this godawful workweek is over," sandy-haired twenty-four-year-old Chris exclaimed.
Fiction book (1995) -
- It would just be so nice after everything that happened to put this godawful day and ourselves to bed.
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So godawful to wake up, find yourself all alone...
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Have you ever tried to understand anybody who talked with that godawful thing?
Fiction book (1997) -
And you lose those godawful boots.
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For herself... for Henessey... for this Godawful planet, and everything else.
Fiction book (1996) -
I loved your father dearly, but he was a godawful dancer.
Fiction book (1993) -
Were the Nissan Leaf not so godawful ugly, it would have been in the running as well.
Blog text (20) -
Don't freeze any valuable body parts while celebrating out in this godawful weather.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
∞
1.5
Very bad or frightening in a way that makes you feel upset
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and causing dislike
562
4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
176
7.5
Very bad or of low quality
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
82
7.0
Very shocking and scary, causing fear or disgust
56
6.7
Low quality and unpleasant
54
3.9
So bad or weak that people feel angry and look down on it
52
4.1
A very unpleasant thing that shocks or disgusts you
49
6.8
Causing great fear and shock, often like death or ghosts
38
6.8
Very bad and unacceptable, deserving strong criticism
28
6.1
Very unpleasant and painful, like being in hell
25
7.1
Very bad or of poor quality
24
7.2
Very bad or morally wrong so people strongly dislike it
19
7.0
Being very bad and of low quality
14
5.7
In very bad condition and of very poor quality
4
5.5
Very bad in quality or condition
1
8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
1
4.3
A very bad or shocking thing, often a poor story
1
9.2
An informal word used to say something is bad or low quality
1
7.4
Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste, or touch
Something that is very bad and unpleasant
A thing that is very bad and not worth having
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Godawful comes from God plus awful, and awful once meant 'full of awe' or 'very impressive', like the word awe. Over time that strong idea changed to dislike, so godawful now usually means 'extremely bad'.