See Also: Ferio(dictionary)
god-awful(dictionary)
awful 1, adjective(dictionary)
awful 2, adverb(dictionary)

awful 1, adjective (oh) and Ferio (iou)


awful 1, adjective (oh)



very bad or unpleasant
-synonym terrible terrible
::The weather was awful.
::He is a pretty awful driver.
::That fridge smells awful.
::The last six months have been awful for her.
::I've stopped believing most of what he says. Isn't that awful?
::I'm sure Suzy is dead but the awful thing is not knowing how it happened.
[only before noun] spoken used to emphasize how much or how good, bad etc something is
:: An awful lot of people (=a large number of people) died in the war.
::He made me feel an awful fool.
look/feel awful
to look or feel ill
::She's lost a lot of weight and she looks awful.
literary making you feel great respect or fear
-- awfulness n [U]

Ferio (iou)



Ferio noun. M16.
[Latin = to strike dead, taken as a mnemonic of scholastic philosophers, E a universal negative proposition, I a particular affirmative proposition, and O a particular negative proposition.]
Logic. The fourth mood of the first syllogistic figure, in which a universal negative major premiss and a particular affirmative minor yield a particular negative conclusion.