awful Copy link Outline I. Full of aweII. Awe-inspiring1. vĕrĕndus2. formīdŏlōsus • awful: I. Full of awe: v. awestruck. II. Awe-inspiring: 1. vĕrĕndus: a. majesty, v. majestas, Ov.: the a. senate, verendi patres, Ov. 2. formīdŏlōsus: regions noisome, foul, a. (in Tartarus), loca tetra, foeda, f., Sall.: v. formidable, dreadful. Phr.: a gloomy, a. grove, caligans nigra formidine lucus, Virg.: v. awe.
AWFUL Copy link • AWFULby circumlocution with verbs under AWE, v. Feeling awe; the nearest are venerabundus (of persons): pavidus, pavens (trembling: of persons or things). ☞ Sometimes other adjectives may be substituted; as, “an awful catastrophe,” funestus or luctuosus rerum exitus, etc.