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Cosa (chi) è awful - definizione
awful
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Awfulness; Awful (disambiguation); Aweful; Awfull
adj. (colloq.)
1) awful about (I feel awful about it)
2) awful for (the situation is awful for all of us)
3) awful to + inf. (it was awful to work there = it was awful working there)
4) awful that + clause (it's awful that they were reprimanded because of my mistake)
awful
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Awfulness; Awful (disambiguation); Aweful; Awfull
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
We met and I thought he was awful...
...an awful smell of paint...
Even if the weather's awful there's lots to do...
Jeans look awful on me.
= dreadful
? wonderful
ADJ
• awfulness
The programme's awfulness has ensured it is talked about.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you say that something is awful, you mean that it is extremely unpleasant, shocking, or bad.
Her injuries were massive. It was awful...
Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood.
= horrific
ADJ
3.
If you look or feel awful, you look or feel ill.
I hardly slept at all and felt pretty awful...
= terrible
ADJ: v-link ADJ
4.
You can use awful with noun groups that refer to an amount in order to emphasize how large that amount is.
I've got an awful lot of work to do.
= tremendous
ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]
• awfully
Would you mind awfully waiting a bit, I'll be back right away.
= terribly
ADV: usu ADV adj/adv
5.
You can use awful with adjectives that describe a quality in order to emphasize that particular quality. (AM INFORMAL)
Gosh, you're awful pretty...
= very
ADV: ADV adj [emphasis]
awful
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Awfulness; Awful (disambiguation); Aweful; Awfull
a.
1.
Dread, awe-inspiring, reverend, venerable, august, grand, stately, imposing, solemn, majestic.
2.
Dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, horrifying, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous, overwhelming, alarming, portentous.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per awful
1. "It‘s an awful case with awful consequences, but Allenna Ward is not an awful woman," Hocker said in court.
2. "It‘s an awful, awful tragedy. . . . This is an awful situation that occurred." Romney has long been critical of Amorello‘s management of the Big Dig.
3. The government‘s fiascos are letting down good local work Polly Toynbee Tuesday May 2, 2006 The Guardian ‘Awful, awful, awful," one minister said just in from the doorsteps.
4. "Generally it‘s just awful, beyond awful," said Cooper of efforts by celebrities–turned authors.
5. Please, please, please reduce this target as its awful for patients and awful for us.