awful
Definitions
Adjective
- Offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - ezra pound
Adverb
- Used as intensifiers
Fragment
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "awful".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "awful".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moral | 2 | 142 |
| 2 | oral | 2 | 27 |
| 3 | causal | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | coral | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | laurel | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | choral | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | lawful | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | norell | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | sorrel | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | aural | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | bauble | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | tearle | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | auble | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | auroral | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | bhosle | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | bobble | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | boral | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | borel | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | borell | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | burrill | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | cauble | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | caudill | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | caudle | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | cawsl | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | corle | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | curle | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | dawdle | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | fauble | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | goral | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | horrell | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | hurrell | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | kauble | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | koral | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | loral | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | morell | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | murrell | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | murrill | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | naugle | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | norrell | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | orel | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | soffel | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | sorel | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | sorell | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | sorrell | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | surrell | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | thorell | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | turrill | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | wachtel | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | wadle | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | wasil | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | wassel | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | wassell | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | wodel | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | woehrle | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | woggle | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "awful".
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "awful" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "awful" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "awful" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "awful".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 7
Sound Alikes: 55
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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