Idiom
something awful
Meaning
Intensely or extremely; badly; in the worst way.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I miss you something awful.”
“The car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and it rained something awful for the rest of the night.”
“After the long drought, the dry earth cracked something awful, leaving the farmers to worry about the future of their entire harvest.”
Examples
simple
“I miss you something awful.”
contextual
“The car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and it rained something awful for the rest of the night.”
complex
“After the long drought, the dry earth cracked something awful, leaving the farmers to worry about the future of their entire harvest.”
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