Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: verskriklik
- Amharic: ቀጥል
- Arabic: فظيعة
- Azerbaijani: dəhşətli
- Bashkir: ҡот осҡос
- Belarusian: жудасна
- Bulgarian: ужасно
- Bengali: ভয়াবহ
- Bosnian: grozno
- Catalan: el nefast
- Cebuano: makalilisang nga
- Czech: hrozné
- Welsh: ofnadwy
- Danish: forfærdeligt
- German: schrecklich
- Greek: απαίσιο
- Esperanto: terura
- Spanish: horrible
- Estonian: kohutav
- Basque: awful
- Persian: افتضاح
- Finnish: kamalaa
- French: terrible
- Irish: uafásach
- Scottish Gaelic: uabhasach
- Galician: espectacular
- Gujarati: ભયાનક
- Hebrew: נורא
- Hindi: भयानक
- Croatian: strašno
- Haitian: terib
- Hungarian: szörnyű
- Armenian: սարսափելի է
- Indonesian: mengerikan
- Icelandic: ansi
- Italian: terribile
- Japanese: awful
- Javanese: ala
- Georgian: საშინელი
- Kazakh: қорқынышты
- Khmer: ក្រ
- Kannada: ಅಸಹನೀಯವಾಗಿದ್ದವು
- Korean: 끔
- Kyrgyz: ушул жаман
- Latin: awful
- Luxembourgish: schrecklich
- Lao: ຂາມ
- Lithuanian: baisu
- Latvian: šausmīgi
- Malagasy: mahatsiravina
- Mari: шучко
- Maori: ri'ari'a
- Macedonian: страшна
- Malayalam: ഗുരുതരമായ
- Mongolian: аймшигт
- Marathi: भयानक
- Hill Mari: лудаш
- Malay: mengerikan
- Maltese: x'inhu
- Burmese: အဓမ္မ
- Nepali: डरलाग्दो
- Dutch: verschrikkelijk
- Norwegian: forferdelig
- Punjabi: ਡਰਾਉਣਾ
- Papiamento: soledat
- Polish: strasznie
- Portuguese: terrível
- Romanian: groaznic
- Russian: ужасно
- Sinhalese: භයංකර
- Slovak: strašne
- Slovenian: grozno
- Albanian: e tmerrshme
- Serbian: страшно
- Sundanese: uih
- Swedish: hemskt
- Swahili: kubwa
- Tamil: பரிதாபம்
- Telugu: భయంకర
- Tajik: сахт
- Thai: แย่มากเลย
- Tagalog: kahindik-hindik na
- Turkish: korkunç
- Tatar: кот очкыч хәл
- Udmurt: шимес
- Ukrainian: жахливо
- Urdu: خوفناک
- Uzbek: dahshatli
- Vietnamese: khủng khiếp
- Xhosa: eyoyikekayo
- Yiddish: שרעקלעך
- Chinese: 太可怕了
Synonyms, close and similar words for awful
- terrible
- fearsome
- fearful
- appalling
- abysmal
- grisly
- horrid
- terrific
- frightful
- horrific
- beastly
- dire
- monstrous
- thumping
- dreaded
- direful
- shocking
- deadly
- staggering
- painful
- horrible
- dread
- dreadful
- horror
- sublime
- ghastly
- awesome
- fabulous
- horrendous
- scary
- gruesome
- abhorrent
- execrable
- obnoxious
- wretched
- ugly
- repugnant
- lousy
- rotten
- heinous
- noisome
- odious
- vile
- hideous
- filthy
- obscene
- disgusting
- repulsive
- unspeakable
- distasteful
- revolting
- atrocious
- nightmare
- darn
- damn
- damned
- loathsome
- abominable
- sickening
- nauseous
- frightfully
- really
- badly
- desperately
- greatly
- nightmarish
- vicious
- creepy
- lurid
- macabre
- dismal
- incredibly
- extremely
- hugely
- immensely
- too
- highly
- tremendous
- frightening
- foul
- nasty
- wicked
- evil
- mighty
- gross
- repellent
- much
- almighty