awfully
/ˈɔːfʊli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɔːfʊli/
awfully
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
aw - ful - ly -> awfully
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ အလွန်အမင်း ဆိုးရွားသော၊ စိတ် မသက်သာ ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ an awful accident/ experience/ shock ❍ The plight of starving people is too awful to think about.
၂။ (infml ) အလွန်မကောင်းသော။ What awful weather! ❍ I feel awful. ❍ It's an awful nuisance! ❍ The film was awful.
၃။ (infml ) သိပ်။ အရမ်း။ That's an awful lot of money. ❍ I'm in an awful hurry to get to the bank.
adv (US infml ) အလွန်။ It was awful slow, but it got there.
❏ awfully /'ↄ:fli/ adv (infml ) အလွန်။ အင်မတန်။ It's awfully hot. ❍ I'm awfully sorry. ❍ It's awfully kind of you. ❍ I am afraid I'm awfully late. ❍ Thanks awfully for the present. awfulness n [U]: the sheer awfulness of the situation.
More examples
- This wine tastes awful.
- These awful people behind us talked all through the film.
- The smell was absolutely awful.
- He had the awful feeling that everyone was laughing at him.
- I’m awful at remembering names.
- He’s an awful actor.
- They committed the most awful atrocities.
- That’s an awful thing to say.
- I was worried that something awful had happened to him.
- I made an awful fool of myself last night, didn’t I?
- It’s an awful shame to waste all this good food.
Synonyms
dreadful, terrible, appalling, dire, unpleasant, bad, poor, abominable, alarming, atrocious, beastly, but good, curiously, deplorable, depressing, disgusting, distressing, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grody, gross, gruesome, grungy, harrowing, hideous, highly, horrendous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, hugely, immensely, mucho, nasty, offensive, raunchy, remarkably, repulsive, shocking, so much, stinking, strikingly, supremely, surpassingly, surprisingly, synthetic, terrifically, tough, ugly, unsightly, unusually, very much
Antonyms
OK, agreeable, attractive, beautiful, calming, comforting, delicate, delightful, encouraging, gentle, good, great, happy, inoffensive, kind, nice, pleasant, pleasing, safe, wonderful
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