causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"恐れまたは不安または恐怖を引き起こすさま非道い
例:The awful war; a terrible curse. 恐ろしい戦争;恐ろしい元凶。
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"度合いまたは質において、極度にまたは非常に悪いまたは不快な非道い
例:a terrible cough ひどい咳
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"極端な衝撃の程度、量、範囲恐ろしい
exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"非常に悪いか、または不快である酷い