awful

horrible, affreux

Très mauvais, désagréable ou bouleversant.

En anglais simple : Very bad, unpleasant, or upsetting.

• The food was awful.
• I felt awful after the journey.
• What an awful thing to say!

Synonymes : terrible, horrible, dreadful

Contraires : wonderful

Expressions courantes : awful weather, feel awful, awful smell

énorme

Très grand par la quantité ou l’intensité.

En anglais simple : Very large in amount or degree.

• That costs an awful lot.
• She spent an awful amount of time waiting.
• We went to an awful lot of trouble.

Synonymes : great, enormous

Expressions courantes : awful lot, awful amount

très, extrêmement

Indique qu’une qualité ou un état atteint un degré très élevé.

En anglais simple : Very or extremely.

• That was awful kind of you.
• It gets awful cold here at night.
• This bag feels awful heavy.

Synonymes : very, extremely, awfully

Expressions courantes : awful nice, awful big, awful good