From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlook/feel awfullook/feel awfulILLto look or feel ill She’s lost a lot of weight and she looks awful. → awful
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look/feel awful• For all her cheerfulness it was painfully obvious that she was feeling awful.• He took it away and tried to look normal but he felt awful.• The next morning I felt awful.• Tom felt quite confident of his safety, but physically he felt awful.• I felt awful, ill, all beaten up.• Every time we lose, I just feel awful inside.• In fact she felt awful, nauseous and light-headed and clammy.• Oh, and did we mention the damn stuff looked awful, stunk and tasted lousy?• You look awful - what's wrong? 