be awful

Frequency: 8.5150.1 per million words

Describes a state of being terrible or very bad.

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Examples (10)

  • The traffic during rush hour is awful.
  • The weather at the beach yesterday was awful; it rained all day.
  • My experience with their customer service has been awful from the start.
  • If we don't prepare, the consequences will be awful.
  • I imagine it must be awful to lose your home in a fire.
  • Honestly, the ending of that movie is just awful.
  • He told me the pain in his tooth was awful before he went to the dentist.
  • The conditions in that prison are said to be awful.
  • It's a shame because the food used to be good, but now it tends to be awful.
  • I'm sorry I was so quiet; my headache was absolutely awful.