awfula.1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.(Hemans.)2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.()Heaven's awful Monarch. (Milton.)3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.()A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. (I. Watts.)4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.()Thrust from the company of awful men. (Shak.)5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.()()