Meaning of orful | Babel Free
Definitions
Pronunciation spelling of awful.
alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Examples
“I ain't bin werry well lately, and, to crown the hole, I was cort in the Lizzard, I think, as they called it, on that awful Munday nite, and that was pretty nearly a settler for both my old bones and my breth, and might ha' bin quite so, if one of the werry kindest Members of the old Copperashun as I nos on, who had bin a dining with a jolly party on 'em, hadn't kindly directed my notise to about a harf bottle-full of werry fine old Port, with the remarkabel kind words, "That's just about what you wants, Mr. ROBERT, to take you ome safely this most orful nite!"”
“"Gorblimey, it's bleedin' orful," said they.”
“"That's a bally orful way to get even with a henemy!" exclaimed a stoker, who sat on the edge of the forward hatch.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.