awful

/ˈɔː.fəl/

意味: ひどい

例文: Momo made an awful noise trying to sing opera.
　　  モモはオペラを歌おうとしてひどい音を出した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: awful smell(ひどいにおい), awful mistake(ひどい間違い), awful weather(ひどい天気)

定義: とても悪い、ひどい、恐ろしいという意味です。何かがとても悪い状態や質であることを表します。

awfulは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Adjective: exceptionally bad or displeasing
Adjective: causing fear or dread or terror
Adjective: offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; – Ezra Pound
Adjective: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
Adjective: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Adjective: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; ; ; ; – Melville
Adverb: used as intensifiers

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The weather today is simply awful for a picnic.(今日はピクニックには最悪の天気だ。)
That movie was awful; I can’t believe we sat through it.(あの映画はひどかった；最後まで見たなんて信じられない。)
Her decision to leave was an awful mistake that she’ll regret forever.(彼女の退職の決断は、彼女が永遠に後悔する最悪の間違いだった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Adjective: atrocious taste
Adjective: abominable workmanship
Adjective: an awful voice
Adjective: dreadful manners
Adjective: a painful performance
Adjective: terrible handwriting
Adjective: an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
Adjective: the awful war
Adjective: an awful risk
Adjective: dire news
Adjective: a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
Adjective: the dread presence of the headmaster
Adjective: polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
Adjective: a dreadful storm
Adjective: a fearful howling
Adjective: horrendous explosions shook the city
Adjective: a terrible curse
Adjective: in a nasty mood
Adjective: a nasty accident
Adjective: a nasty shock
Adjective: a nasty smell
Adjective: a nasty trick to pull
Adjective: Will he say nasty things at my funeral?
Adjective: awed by the silence
Adjective: awful worshippers with bowed heads
Adjective: in a frightful hurry
Adjective: spent a frightful amount of money
Adjective: New York is an amazing city
Adjective: the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
Adjective: the awesome complexity of the universe
Adjective: this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath
Adjective: Westminster Hall’s awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
Adverb: terribly interesting
Adverb: I’m awful sorry

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): abominable, amazing, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awed, awesome, awful, awfully, awing, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful, frightfully, horrendous, horrific, nasty, painful, terrible, terribly, tremendous, unspeakable

Antonyms(反意語): nice

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語):

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの):

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: awfulness, dread, dreadfulness, nastiness, terribleness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive, emotional

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ful

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, disgust, fear, negative, sadness