really awful

Frequency: 8.8165.2 per million words

Used to strongly emphasize that something is awful.

Categories:

Examples (10)

  • The medicine tasted really awful, but I had to take it.
  • I'm sorry I missed the party; I felt really awful all weekend.
  • The weather for our picnic was really awful—it rained the entire time.
  • His performance in the play was really awful; he forgot most of his lines.
  • The news about the factory closing is really awful for the local community.
  • There's a really awful smell in the fridge; something must have gone bad.
  • She thought the bright green paint color looked really awful in the living room.
  • We had a really awful journey home, stuck in traffic for hours.
  • It was a really awful book with a predictable and boring plot.
  • It was really awful of him to say those things to you.