dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/awf_MW.json

{
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      "Definition of awf variant spelling of auf"
    ],
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    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-170505",
    "type":[]
  },
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      "vastly",
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      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": afraid , terrified":[],
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      ": exceedingly great":[
        "\u2014 used as an intensive an awful lot of money"
      ],
      ": extremely disagreeable or objectionable":[
        "awful food",
        "awful behavior",
        "an awful experience"
      ],
      ": filled with awe: such as":[],
      ": inspiring awe":[
        "\u2026 the presence of Nature in all her awful loveliness.",
        "\u2014 George Eliot"
      ],
      ": very , extremely":[
        "awful tired",
        "an awful long time"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "They heard the most awful sounds.",
      "Awful things began to happen.",
      "He has some awful disease.",
      "That joke is just awful .",
      "That's an awful thing to say.",
      "Who painted the house that awful color",
      "The mountains have an awful majesty.",
      "Adverb",
      "We haven't heard from him in an awful long time.",
      "You've come an awful long way.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Fauci\u2019s foundational belief is that people are good \u2014 even people who don\u2019t agree with him or say awful things about him. \u2014 Anna Peele, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
      "The season delves into misinformation media, post-traumatic stress disorder, childhood abuse and other factors as to why characters do awful things. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
      "Before someone tells me that other Hollywood A-listers have done awful things, yet kept their Oscars, none of them did their crimes live, on air, from the Academy home stage on our special night, in front of all the world to see. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Yastremska knows all of these awful things, and more. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "And what about those protesters that outtie Mark stumbles upon at night who claim Lumon could be using severance to make its staff do awful things",
      "And any consumer fed up with hearing awful things about the company should switch to Tidal or Apple. \u2014 Sadie Dupuis, SPIN , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "And then some really s---ty things, awful things happened. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Yes, divorce is awful , especially when there are children involved. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Someone who has worked awful hard, has a great skill set, four years of college, four years of lifting, four years of game-planning at a high level in Division III. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
      "First, there is the question whether the awful -looking restraint maneuver Chauvin used was actually authorized at the time, or at least not clearly forbidden. \u2014 D.j. Tice, Star Tribune , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "The following day, Gonzalez was back at the testing site, helping patients \u2014 many of whom had fevers and awful -sounding coughs \u2014 fill out their paperwork. \u2014 Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
      "1816, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English aghful, awful \"frightful, terrifying, commanding great respect, worthy of reverence,\" from aw, awe \"terror, dread, extreme reverence\" + -ful -ful entry 1 \u2014 more at awe entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of awful entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "abominable",
      "appalling",
      "disgusting",
      "distasteful",
      "dreadful",
      "evil",
      "foul",
      "fulsome",
      "gross",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "loathsome",
      "nasty",
      "nauseating",
      "nauseous",
      "noisome",
      "noxious",
      "obnoxious",
      "obscene",
      "odious",
      "offensive",
      "rancid",
      "repellent",
      "repellant",
      "repugnant",
      "repulsive",
      "revolting",
      "scandalous",
      "shocking",
      "sickening",
      "ugly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041824",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "awfully":{
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      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
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      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
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      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
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      "so",
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      "supremely",
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      "terribly",
      "that",
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      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": afraid , terrified":[],
      ": deeply respectful or reverential":[],
      ": exceedingly great":[
        "\u2014 used as an intensive an awful lot of money"
      ],
      ": extremely disagreeable or objectionable":[
        "awful food",
        "awful behavior",
        "an awful experience"
      ],
      ": filled with awe: such as":[],
      ": inspiring awe":[
        "\u2026 the presence of Nature in all her awful loveliness.",
        "\u2014 George Eliot"
      ],
      ": very , extremely":[
        "awful tired",
        "an awful long time"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "They heard the most awful sounds.",
      "Awful things began to happen.",
      "He has some awful disease.",
      "That joke is just awful .",
      "That's an awful thing to say.",
      "Who painted the house that awful color",
      "The mountains have an awful majesty.",
      "Adverb",
      "We haven't heard from him in an awful long time.",
      "You've come an awful long way.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Fauci\u2019s foundational belief is that people are good \u2014 even people who don\u2019t agree with him or say awful things about him. \u2014 Anna Peele, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
      "The season delves into misinformation media, post-traumatic stress disorder, childhood abuse and other factors as to why characters do awful things. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
      "Before someone tells me that other Hollywood A-listers have done awful things, yet kept their Oscars, none of them did their crimes live, on air, from the Academy home stage on our special night, in front of all the world to see. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Yastremska knows all of these awful things, and more. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "And what about those protesters that outtie Mark stumbles upon at night who claim Lumon could be using severance to make its staff do awful things",
      "And any consumer fed up with hearing awful things about the company should switch to Tidal or Apple. \u2014 Sadie Dupuis, SPIN , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "And then some really s---ty things, awful things happened. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Yes, divorce is awful , especially when there are children involved. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Someone who has worked awful hard, has a great skill set, four years of college, four years of lifting, four years of game-planning at a high level in Division III. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
      "First, there is the question whether the awful -looking restraint maneuver Chauvin used was actually authorized at the time, or at least not clearly forbidden. \u2014 D.j. Tice, Star Tribune , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "The following day, Gonzalez was back at the testing site, helping patients \u2014 many of whom had fevers and awful -sounding coughs \u2014 fill out their paperwork. \u2014 Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
      "1816, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English aghful, awful \"frightful, terrifying, commanding great respect, worthy of reverence,\" from aw, awe \"terror, dread, extreme reverence\" + -ful -ful entry 1 \u2014 more at awe entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of awful entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "abominable",
      "appalling",
      "disgusting",
      "distasteful",
      "dreadful",
      "evil",
      "foul",
      "fulsome",
      "gross",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "loathsome",
      "nasty",
      "nauseating",
      "nauseous",
      "noisome",
      "noxious",
      "obnoxious",
      "obscene",
      "odious",
      "offensive",
      "rancid",
      "repellent",
      "repellant",
      "repugnant",
      "repulsive",
      "revolting",
      "scandalous",
      "shocking",
      "sickening",
      "ugly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042852",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "awfulness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "achingly",
      "almighty",
      "archly",
      "awfully",
      "badly",
      "beastly",
      "blisteringly",
      "bone",
      "colossally",
      "corking",
      "cracking",
      "damn",
      "damned",
      "dang",
      "deadly",
      "desperately",
      "eminently",
      "enormously",
      "especially",
      "ever",
      "exceedingly",
      "exceeding",
      "extra",
      "extremely",
      "fabulously",
      "fantastically",
      "far",
      "fiercely",
      "filthy",
      "frightfully",
      "full",
      "greatly",
      "heavily",
      "highly",
      "hugely",
      "immensely",
      "incredibly",
      "intensely",
      "jolly",
      "majorly",
      "mightily",
      "mighty",
      "monstrous",
      "mortally",
      "most",
      "much",
      "particularly",
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      "rattling",
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      "roaring",
      "roaringly",
      "seriously",
      "severely",
      "so",
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      "spanking",
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      "stinking",
      "such",
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      "supremely",
      "surpassingly",
      "terribly",
      "that",
      "thumping",
      "too",
      "unco",
      "uncommonly",
      "vastly",
      "very",
      "vitally",
      "way",
      "whacking",
      "wicked",
      "wildly"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": afraid , terrified":[],
      ": deeply respectful or reverential":[],
      ": exceedingly great":[
        "\u2014 used as an intensive an awful lot of money"
      ],
      ": extremely disagreeable or objectionable":[
        "awful food",
        "awful behavior",
        "an awful experience"
      ],
      ": filled with awe: such as":[],
      ": inspiring awe":[
        "\u2026 the presence of Nature in all her awful loveliness.",
        "\u2014 George Eliot"
      ],
      ": very , extremely":[
        "awful tired",
        "an awful long time"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "They heard the most awful sounds.",
      "Awful things began to happen.",
      "He has some awful disease.",
      "That joke is just awful .",
      "That's an awful thing to say.",
      "Who painted the house that awful color",
      "The mountains have an awful majesty.",
      "Adverb",
      "We haven't heard from him in an awful long time.",
      "You've come an awful long way.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Fauci\u2019s foundational belief is that people are good \u2014 even people who don\u2019t agree with him or say awful things about him. \u2014 Anna Peele, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
      "The season delves into misinformation media, post-traumatic stress disorder, childhood abuse and other factors as to why characters do awful things. \u2014 John Jurgensen, WSJ , 4 June 2022",
      "Before someone tells me that other Hollywood A-listers have done awful things, yet kept their Oscars, none of them did their crimes live, on air, from the Academy home stage on our special night, in front of all the world to see. \u2014 Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Apr. 2022",
      "Yastremska knows all of these awful things, and more. \u2014 Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "And what about those protesters that outtie Mark stumbles upon at night who claim Lumon could be using severance to make its staff do awful things",
      "And any consumer fed up with hearing awful things about the company should switch to Tidal or Apple. \u2014 Sadie Dupuis, SPIN , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "And then some really s---ty things, awful things happened. \u2014 Tyler Aquilina, EW.com , 12 Jan. 2022",
      "Yes, divorce is awful , especially when there are children involved. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 7 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
      "Someone who has worked awful hard, has a great skill set, four years of college, four years of lifting, four years of game-planning at a high level in Division III. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 26 May 2022",
      "First, there is the question whether the awful -looking restraint maneuver Chauvin used was actually authorized at the time, or at least not clearly forbidden. \u2014 D.j. Tice, Star Tribune , 20 Feb. 2021",
      "The following day, Gonzalez was back at the testing site, helping patients \u2014 many of whom had fevers and awful -sounding coughs \u2014 fill out their paperwork. \u2014 Karen Ann Cullotta, chicagotribune.com , 2 Oct. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Adjective",
      "1816, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English aghful, awful \"frightful, terrifying, commanding great respect, worthy of reverence,\" from aw, awe \"terror, dread, extreme reverence\" + -ful -ful entry 1 \u2014 more at awe entry 1":"Adjective",
      "derivative of awful entry 1":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "abhorrent",
      "abominable",
      "appalling",
      "disgusting",
      "distasteful",
      "dreadful",
      "evil",
      "foul",
      "fulsome",
      "gross",
      "hideous",
      "horrendous",
      "horrible",
      "horrid",
      "loathsome",
      "nasty",
      "nauseating",
      "nauseous",
      "noisome",
      "noxious",
      "obnoxious",
      "obscene",
      "odious",
      "offensive",
      "rancid",
      "repellent",
      "repellant",
      "repugnant",
      "repulsive",
      "revolting",
      "scandalous",
      "shocking",
      "sickening",
      "ugly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074337",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}