awful
معنی فارسی
مهيب ، ترسناک ، مايه هيبت يا حرمت ، بسيار بد
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ô´fǝl/adj., adv.
● انگیزندهی ترس و احترام، اعجاب انگیز، بهت آور
the awful sight of Christ on the cross
منظرهی بهتآور و احترام انگیز عیسی بر روی صلیب
● ترس آور، هراس انگیز
an awful death
مرگ وحشت آور
● بسیار بد، وحشتناک
it smells awful!
بوی بسیار بدی دارد!
an awful headache
سردرد شدید (وحشتناک)
I feel awful
حالم بد است (احساس بسیار بدی دارم).
his wife looked awful
زنش قیافهی وحشتناکی داشت.
● (عامیانه) خیلی، بسیار
I am awful(ly) sorry
خیلی عذر میخواهم.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old English 'egefull' meaning 'inspiring awe', through Middle English 'awful' meaning 'worthy of respect'.
مثال
- The weather was awful.
- She felt awful about forgetting his birthday.
- The movie was awful.
ترکیبهای رایج
Awful weather Feel awful Awful lot Awful noise
تعریف انگلیسی
- 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”
- 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”
- 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?"- Ezra Pound” “Attrubites: nastiness”
- inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence “awed by the silence” “awful worshippers with bowed heads”
- 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"- Melville” “Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent”
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact “in a frightful hurry” “spent a frightful amount of money” “terribly interesting” “I'm awful sorry”
مترادفها
adjective
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.