Awful

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.

II. Awful ·adj Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.

III. Awful ·adj Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.

IV. Awful ·adj Frightful; exceedingly bad; great;

— applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.

V. Awful ·adj Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.