| awful | | |
| adj. | 1. abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | 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" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| adj. | 2. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | 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"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
| adj. | 3. awful, nasty | offensive or even (of persons) malicious.; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?" |
| ~ filthy, dirty, lousy | vile; despicable.; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor" |
| ~ grotty | very unpleasant or offensive.; "a grotty little play" |
| ~ hateful, mean | characterized by malice.; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" |
| ~ unpleasant | disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings.; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors" |
| adj. | 4. awed, awful | inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" |
| ~ reverent | feeling or showing profound respect or veneration.; "maintained a reverent silence" |
| adj. | 5. awful, frightful, terrible, tremendous | extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ extraordinary | beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
| adj. | 6. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder.; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"; "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" |
| ~ impressive | making a strong or vivid impression.; "an impressive ceremony" |
| adv. | 7. awful, awfully, frightfully, terribly | used as intensifiers.; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ugly | | |
| adj. | 1. ugly | displeasing to the senses.; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" |
| ~ unattractive | lacking beauty or charm.; "as unattractive as most mining regions" |
| ~ disfigured | having the appearance spoiled.; "a disfigured face"; "strip mining left a disfigured landscape" |
| ~ evil-looking | having an evil appearance. |
| ~ fugly | (slang) extremely ugly. |
| ~ grotesque, monstrous | distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" |
| ~ hideous, repulsive | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying.; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" |
| ~ ill-favored, ill-favoured | usually used of a face.; "an ill-favored countenance" |
| ~ scrofulous | having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula.; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore" |
| ~ unlovely, unpicturesque | without beauty or charm. |
| ~ unsightly | unpleasant to look at.; "unsightly billboards" |
| ~ awkward | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot" |
| ~ displeasing | causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. |
| adj. | 2. surly, ugly | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" |
| ~ ill-natured | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| adj. | 3. despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched | morally reprehensible.; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
| adj. | 4. atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly | provoking horror.; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"; "an ugly wound" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
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