god-awful

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

cold, most, new, small

VERB + GOD-AWFUL

gets

GOD-AWFUL + NOUN

affair, meat, piece

PREP.

Definitions

adj

Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful.

Your roast beef was the most god-awful piece of meat I ever ate.

LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.

adj

Alternative form of god-awful.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — (informal) very unpleasant

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Your roast beef was the most god-awful piece of meat I ever ate.

Wiktionary

LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.

Wiktionary

It's a god-awful small affair To the girl with the mousy hair

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, god-awful is marked as derogatory, slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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