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most awful

ADJECTIVE

very bad; terrible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appalling atrocious depressing dire disgusting distressing dreadful frightful ghastly gruesome harrowing hideous horrendous horrible horrific horrifying nasty shocking tough ugly unpleasant

WEAK

abominable alarming deplorable fearful grody gross grungy offensive raunchy repulsive stinking synthetic unsightly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable attractive beautiful calming comforting delicate delightful encouraging gentle good great happy inoffensive kind nice pleasant pleasing safe wonderful

WEAK

Example Sentences

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“This is truly the most awful thing I’ve ever seen said about a climate scientist. If someone wrote this about me, I’d be calling a lawyer.”

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Holly said she had been messaging Alfie about "an hour before it happened" and added: "I never thought it would be Alfie. It's the most awful feeling ever."

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

“And it’s also the worst and the hardest and the most awful every day.”

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023

At the time, many people thought he was the most awful president ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2022

“It was one of the most awful things I’d ever heard about,” he says, looking back.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel