Definition of awful

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Awful (a.) Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.

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Awful :: Awful (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster..
Misuser :: Misuser (n.) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right..
Congeable :: Congeable (a.) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable..
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands..
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another..
Whoredom :: Whoredom (n.) The practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.
Squatter :: Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title..
Insubordination :: Insubordination (n.) The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
Disseizin :: Disseizin (n.) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold.
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..
Misfeasance :: Misfeasance (n.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.
Trespass :: Trespass (v. i.) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon the land of another..
Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained..
Awful :: Awful (a.) Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
Comfort :: Comfort (n.) Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy..
Misbegotten :: Misbegotten (p. a.) Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious.
Mutiny :: Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority..
Illegalize :: Illegalize (v. t.) To make or declare illegal or unlawful.
Unlawful :: Unlawful (a.) Not lawful; contrary to law.
Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..
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