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gawdawful

gawdawful is the alternative spelling of god-awful.

Meaning of god-awful

Adjective

god-awful (comparative more god-awful, superlative most god-awful)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) Extremely awful, unpleasant or dreadful.
    • Your roast beef was the most god-awful piece of meat I ever ate.

Forms of gawdawful

comparativemore gawdawful
superlativemost gawdawful

Questions about gawdawful

What is gawdawful the alternative spelling of?
Gawdawful is the alternative spelling of god-awful.

Words near gawdawful in the dictionary

  1. gawblimy
  2. gawby
  3. GaWC
  4. gawd
  5. gawd blimey
  6. gawdawful
  7. gawdier
  8. gawdiest
  9. gawdless
  10. gawds
  11. gawdy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gawdawful (page history and authors); god-awful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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