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Definition of godawful adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

godawful

adjective

/ˈɡɒdɔːfl/

/ˈɡɑːdɔːfl/

(also god-awful)

[usually before noun] (informal)

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extremely bad
- He made a godawful mess of it.
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