"something awful" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-something awful.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} something awful
  1. (degree, colloquial, idiomatic) Intensely or extremely; badly; in the worst way. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Related terms: something bad, something fierce, something good, something terrible Translations (Translations): cosa mala (Spanish), lo que no está escrito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-something_awful-en-adv-ExJ2Oww8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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