Clues for the word "AWFUL"
We've had 94 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 316 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on May 25, 2026.
Definition of awful
- 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.
Referring Clues
- Worse than bad
- Horrendous
- Bad
- God-___
- More than bad
- Worth an "F"
- Horrible
- "Unthinkable!"
- Terrible
- Just terrible
- Worth no stars
- Bad and then some
- Very unpleasant
- Description of a flop
- Unpleasant
- Beyond bad
- Very bad
- Very
- Really bad
- The pits
- Incredibly bad
- Extraordinarily
- Appallingly bad
- Not just bad
- Atrocious
- Abominable
- Just plain bad
- Reverential
- Ghastly
- Dismal
- Dreadful
- Deserving two thumbs down
- Bad, and then some
- Appalling
- Horrific
- Rotten
- Remarkably large
- Nasty
- See 45-Down
- Profoundly disturbing
- Really the pits
- Label for pans?
- Terribly bad
- Just the worst
- Deserving 0 stars
- Loathsome
- Just plain terrible
- Profoundly disturing
- Like an epic fail
- No-good
- Allowed to ignore starter? That's terrible!
- Terrible starts for anyone who files unread letters
- Deplorable
- Dire
- Deserving zero stars
- Hole hit off "Celebrity Skin"
- Exceptionally bad
- Ghastly beheading, legally sanctioned
- Foul's legal, if starting line's cut
- Crummy tool keeps fouling up at first
- Legitimate student expelled with dire result
- Allowed to be executed? That's terrible
- Part 2 of 3 starting off ghastly
- Legitimate head deposed, which is highly 5
- Not good at all
- Impressive, though not entirely legal
- Ghastly new law covering 50% of fuel
- Appalling just to be beheaded!
- Very bad, if legal, squandering capital
- Just missing line? That's terrible
- Permissible to exclude learner? Very bad
- Deadly boring item about half full
- Right abandoning summit, as hellish
- Pants, if just 15
- Terrible flaw in staggering round the bend
- Meriting only half a star, say
- Horrid
- Deserving of a pan
- Terrible flaw, maybe around mid-January
- Extremely bad
- The absolute pits
- Objectionable
- Terrible law-breaker having endless fun!
- Terrible tool keeps fouling up at first
- Really, really bad
- Zero-star
- Lousy
- Wretched
- Being unlawfully deprived is very bad!
- Absolutely horrid
- "Zero stars"
- Just horrible
- The worst
- Totally wretched
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2026
- Daily Quick - May 15, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - May 13, 2026
- Your Life Choices - May 04, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - April 18, 2026
- Daily Quick - April 14, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 02, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 31, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 24, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - March 17, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - March 10, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 03, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 29, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 17, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 05, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 31, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 25, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 10, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 27, 2025
- And in 286 more crossword puzzles...