Awful
Awful adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.
Usage example: that's an awful thing to say about someone
Disturbing and awful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disturbing" instead an adjective "Awful".
Nearby Word: awfully
Disturbing
Disturbing adjective - Causing annoyance.
Awful and disturbing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awful" instead an adjective "Disturbing".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unpleasant and awful
- unpleasant and disturbing
- offensive and awful
- offensive and disturbing
- painful and awful
- painful and disturbing
- grievous and awful
- grievous and disturbing
- hideous and awful
- hideous and disturbing
- terrible and awful
- terrible and disturbing
- dreadful and awful
- dreadful and disturbing
Both words in one sentence
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His father was horrified and beat him for it, though his mother didn't find it disturbing at all (which makes sense considering she's almost as awful as he is).
Source: Bad People Abuse Animals -
Awful joke, cue a boisterous laugh from Wo-Gann... which just goes on, and on and on, until it becomes disturbing.
Source: Everybody Laughs Ending - Heinlein managed to catch one of these disturbing aspects, namely that if fictional universes are real, the author is an awful person for writing a story that isn't set in a utopia.
Source: Fridge Horror / Literature
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