God-awful
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of God-awful
1875–80;
Example Sentences
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She was a late-'50s, almost '60s, baby who didn't grow up with Whole Foods, organic medicine, the internet, or that God-awful Web MD that always seems to tell me I am dying.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2023
President Biden acknowledged it was “a God-awful thing to say,” but he said it anyway.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021
“They have to go in and do each bill individually, which would be a God-awful mess.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2021
Nightmare traffic, absurdly high housing costs, restaurants that ranged from God-awful to divine and weather that has you bundled up in faux fur in the morning and poolside come the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2021
I want to scream out that I don’t remember my mother’s name because she left me, apparently to do something stupid enough to land herself in this God-awful place.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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