Awfully — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

used as intensifiers

of a dreadful kind

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæləndɚɹˌɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌantɪkənsˈɜːvətˌɪzəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌantɪkənsˈɜːvətˌɪzəm/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæləndɚɹˌɪk/.

Examples

terribly interesting
I'm awful sorry
there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rottenly atrociously abysmally abominably dreadfully frightfully awful terribly horribly

Parts of Speech

adverb	used as intensifiers “terribly interesting”
adverb	of a dreadful kind “there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning”
adverb	in a terrible manner “she sings terribly”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

furchtbar

als Verstärker verwendet

🇫🇷French

terriblement

utilisé comme intensificateur

🇪🇸Spanish

muy

utilizado como intensificadores

🇮🇹Italian

terribilmente

utilizzati come intensificatori

🇳🇱Dutch

vreselijk

gebruikt als versterkers

🇵🇹Portuguese

muito

usado como intensificador

🇷🇺Russian

ужасно

используется в качестве усилителей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भय से

तीव्रताकारक के रूप में उपयोग किया जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

ভয়ঙ্করভাবে

intensifier হিসাবে ব্যবহৃত

🇮🇳Tamil

பரிதாபமாக

தீவிரப்படுத்திகளாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகின்றன

🇮🇳Telugu

భయంకరంగా

ఇంటెన్సిఫైయర్‌లుగా ఉపయోగిస్తారు

🇮🇳Marathi

भयानकपणे

तीव्र करणारे म्हणून वापरले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભયાનક રીતે

ઇન્ટેન્સિફાયર તરીકે વપરાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭೀಕರವಾಗಿ

ಇಂಟೆನ್ಸಿಫೈಯರ್ಗಳಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭയങ്കരമായി

തീവ്രതയായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੁਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ

intensifiers ਦੇ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਵਰਤਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

خوفناک طور پر

intensifier کے طور پر استعمال کیا جاتا ہے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

非常

用作增强剂

🇯🇵Japanese

ひどく

増圧器として使用される

🇰🇷Korean

몹시

강화제로 사용

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khủng khiếp

được sử dụng làm chất tăng cường

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างมาก

ใช้เป็นตัวเพิ่มความเข้มข้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

sangat

digunakan sebagai intensifier

🇵🇭Filipino

grabe

ginagamit bilang mga intensifier

🇲🇾Malay

teruk sekali

digunakan sebagai penguat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بفظاعة

تستخدم كمكثفات

🇮🇷Persian

به طرز وحشتناکی

به عنوان تقویت کننده استفاده می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

çok

yoğunlaştırıcı olarak kullanılır

🇮🇱Hebrew

נורא

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