| adjective | exceptionally bad or displeasing “atrocious taste” |
| adjective | causing fear or dread or terror “the awful war” |
| adjective | offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - Ezra Pound “in a nasty mood” |
| adjective | inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence “awed by the silence” |
| adjective | extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact “in a frightful hurry” |
| adjective | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; - Melville “New York is an amazing city” |
| adverb | used as intensifiers “terribly interesting” |
| awfulness | noun | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| dreadfulness | noun | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| terribleness | noun | a quality of extreme unpleasantness |
| dread | noun | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| nastiness | noun | malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty |