Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Awful.
7 letter answer(s) to awful
ABYSMAL
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; "the abyssal depths of the ocean"
very great; limitless; "abysmal misery"; "abysmal stupidity"
THEPITS
4 letter answer(s) to awful
DIRE
causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
FOUL
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
an act that violates the rules of a sport
become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
become soiled and dirty
characterized by obscenity;
commit a foul; break the rules
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;
hit a foul ball
make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
make unclean; "foul the water"
offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "
8 letter answer(s) to awful
FEARSOME
causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
GRUESOME
ghastly
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
HORRIBLE
provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
TERRIBLE
causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
exceptionally bad or displeasing;
extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;
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