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View synonyms for God-awful

God-awful

[ god-aw-fuhl ]

adjective

, (sometimes lowercase)
  1. extremely dreadful or shocking:

    What a God-awful thing to say!



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Word History and Origins

Origin of God-awful1

1875–80; Americanism

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Example Sentences

You're writing about how much of a god awful monster Cole is and the hell he put me and countless others lives through?

In America, we reserve our God-given right to be god-awful wrong.

It's so god-awful loud in here you have to shout to be heard.

At least we had four or five months to shut down, unlike the god awful case with Solyndra, which had to just lock its doors.

The fiscal situation of the United States is “God-awful,” he said.

“And the way he can cuss is simply God-awful,” Big Bill testified.

Don't suppose so; there can't be anything alive in this God-awful wilderness.

Some of my friends who have seen the letter think that he says it is 'a God-awful book.'

Deggi Delcamp's a big bruiser, with a God-awful lot of stuff.

She felt that she was in direct communication with God—awful thought!

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Godavari“God Bless America”