awful
Something that is very bad, unpleasant, or of low quality. It is commonly used to describe negative experiences, feelings, or conditions.
उदाहरण
3 / 5The weather was awful, so we stayed home all day.
The weather was very bad, so we stayed home all day.
The company suffered an awful loss during the financial crisis.
The company suffered a very large and bad loss during the financial crisis.
I feel awful about forgetting your birthday.
I feel very sorry and bad about forgetting your birthday.
शब्द परिवार
याद रखने का तरीका
Think of the 'aw' sound people make when they see something sad or bad. A person who is 'full' of 'aw' is 'awful'.
त्वरित क्विज़
The movie was so _____, we left the theater after only twenty minutes.
सही!
सही उत्तर है: awful
उदाहरण
The weather was awful, so we stayed home all day.
everydayThe weather was very bad, so we stayed home all day.
The company suffered an awful loss during the financial crisis.
formalThe company suffered a very large and bad loss during the financial crisis.
I feel awful about forgetting your birthday.
informalI feel very sorry and bad about forgetting your birthday.
The study describes the awful conditions in the urban slums of the 19th century.
academicThe study describes the extremely poor conditions in the urban slums of the 19th century.
It would be an awful mistake to cancel the contract now.
businessIt would be a very serious and bad mistake to cancel the contract now.
शब्द परिवार
सामान्य शब्द संयोजन
सामान्य वाक्यांश
an awful lot
a very large amount or a great deal
feel awful
to experience deep regret or physical illness
look awful
to seem very ill or in a bad state
अक्सर इससे भ्रम होता है
Awful means very bad, while awesome means very good or impressive.
Offal refers to the internal organs of an animal used as food, whereas awful is a description of quality.
इस्तेमाल की जानकारी
In modern English, awful is almost exclusively negative. While it originally meant 'inspiring awe,' using it to mean 'great' is now obsolete.
सामान्य गलतियाँ
Learners often confuse 'awful' with 'awesome' because they share the same root. Remember: awful = bad, awesome = good.
याद रखने का तरीका
Think of the 'aw' sound people make when they see something sad or bad. A person who is 'full' of 'aw' is 'awful'.
शब्द की उत्पत्ति
Derived from the Old English 'egeful', meaning 'fearful or tending to cause fear'.
व्याकरण पैटर्न
सांस्कृतिक संदर्भ
In some US and UK dialects, 'awful' is used as an intensifier (e.g., 'that's awful kind of you'), though this is grammatically informal.
त्वरित क्विज़
The movie was so _____, we left the theater after only twenty minutes.
सही!
सही उत्तर है: awful
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