Adjective

(en adjective)

Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.

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Grand or noble in action.

Exceptional for its kind.

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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

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Adjective

(en-adj)

Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.

Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.

*, I.56:

God ought not to be commixed in our actions, but with awful reverence, and an attention full of honour and respect.

* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.143:

And then she stopped, and stood as if in awe / (For sleep is awful ).

Struck or filled with awe.

(obsolete) Terror-stricken.

Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.

Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.

an awful bonnet

I have learnt an awful amount today.

Very bad.

My socks smell awful .