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How to sign: causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; ";
Similiar / Same: direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, dire, horrific
How to sign: exceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room";
Similiar / Same: atrocious, abominable, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, painful
