adj worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
2. awful ·adj struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken.
3. awful ·adj oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene.
4. awful ·adj frightful; exceedingly bad; great;
applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster.
5. awful ·adj inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.