awful
(Anglès)
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈɔːfʊl/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English agheful, awfull, auful, aȝefull, equivalent to awe + -ful. Compare Old English eġeful, eġefull (“terrifying; awful”). The “very bad” sense is a pejorative semantic shift from the original sense of “awe-inspiring”.
Related words
horrorós
temible
paorós
colpidor
esparverador
very bad
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