awful
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The meaning (definition) of the word awful
very bad
The word awful used in a sentence
“I smelled an awful smell coming from the old fish.”
How the word awful is said around the world
| French | affreux (ah-FRUH) |
| Spanish | horrible (oh-RREE-bleh) |
| Mandarin | 糟糕 (zaow gaow) |
| Hindi | बहुत बुरा (ba-HUT bu-RAA) |
| Arabic | فَظِيعٌ (fa-ZEE-un) |
| Russian | ужасный (OO-zhahs-ny) |
| Portuguese (EU) | horrível (oo-KHEE-vel) |
| Portuguese (BR) | horrível (oh-HEE-vehw) |
| Japanese | ひどい (hee-DOH-ee) |
| German | schrecklich (SHREK-likh) |
| Urdu | بہت برا (bo-HUT bu-RAH) |
| Punjabi | ਬਹੁਤ ਮਾੜਾ (ba-HUT MAA-raa) |
| Korean | 끔찍하다 (KKUUM-jjeek-hah-dah) |
| Hebrew | נורא (no-RA) |
| Greek | απαίσιος (ah-PEH-see-ohs) |
| Dutch | vreselijk (VRAY-zuh-likh) |
| Tagalog | napakasama (nah-pah-kah-SAH-mah) |
| Vietnamese | kinh khủng (king KHUUNG) |
| Turkish | korkunç (kohr-KOONCH) |
| Persian | وحشتناک (vahshat-NAHK) |
| Polish | okropny (oh-KROHP-nih) |
| Ukrainian | жахливий (zhakh-LIH-vihy) |
| Bengali | বাজে (BAH-jay) |
| Swedish | hemsk (hemsk) |
| Italian | terribile (tehr-REE-bee-leh) |
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