What does something awful mean?

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something awful

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

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"He wants to get out of there something awful, but he just doesn't have the money."

something bad something fierce something good something terrible

something bad something fierce something good something terrible

What does something awful mean?: Intensely or extremely; badly; in the worst way.

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