adjective

1. very bad or unpleasant. "the place smelled awful" синонимы: very unpleasant, disgusting, nasty, terrible, dreadful, ghastly, horrid, horrible, vile, foul, abominable, appalling, atrocious, horrendous, hideous, offensive, objectionable, obnoxious, frightful, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, odious, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, gruesome, diabolical, yucky, sick-making, godawful, gross, from hell, icky, grotty, beastly, hellacious, lousy, noisome, disgustful, loathly, very bad, poor, hopeless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, substandard, laughable, lamentable, execrable, crummy, pathetic, rotten, useless, woeful, abysmal, dire, duff, chronic, rubbish, a load of pants, poxy, egregious, crap, shit, chickenshit
2. used to emphasize the extent of something, especially something unpleasant or negative. "I've made an awful fool of myself"
3. inspiring reverential wonder or fear. синонимы: awe-inspiring, awesome, impressive, amazing, dread, fearful

adverb

awfully; very. "we're an awful long way from the motorway"