a. - Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
a. - Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.
a. - Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.
a. - Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
a. - Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.