Awful : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'awful': discover synonyms for the word awful, such as horrendous or atrocious.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as awful. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": terrible and dreadful.


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Synonyms for awful sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for awful Degree of synonymy of awful Frequency in the language
horrendous
   39998 1.02  
atrocious
   39998 0.69  
terribly
   39997 23.63  
dire
   39997 2.20  
abominable
   39997 0.63  
dreadful
   39997 8.00  
horrific
   39997 1.37  
terrible
   39997 94.02  
hateful
   39997 2.00  
direful
   39996  
lousy
   39996 23.73  
dreaded
   39996 1.35  
dread
   39996 2.51  
spiteful
   39996 0.75  
bad
   39995 545.18  
frightfully
   39995 1.06  
fearsome
   39994 0.76  
fearful
   39994 2.16  
frightening
   39993 5.76  
alarming
   39993 1.14  

Lexical field of "awful"

terrible
dreadful
horrendous
atrocious
lousy
bad
awesome
amazing
unpleasant
horrific
abominable
unspeakable
nasty
frightening
painful
alarming
terribly
dire
impressive
grotty
dirty
filthy
frightfully
spiteful
dread
mean
hateful
dreaded
fearsome
fearful
awed
reverent
awing
awe-inspiring
direful
horrible
horrid
ugly
unbelievable
abysmal
appalling
hideous
miserable
crappy
unreal
wretched
disgusting
incredible
ghastly
scary