bore bore-hole drill hole | a hole or passage made by a drill, usually made for exploratory purposes |
bore bit borer rock drill stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
bore gauge caliber calibre | diameter of a tube or gun barrel |
tidal bore bore eagre aegir eager | a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
bore dullard | a person who evokes boredom |
bore drill | make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool, don't drill here, there's a gas pipe, drill a hole into the wall, drill for oil, carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall |
bore tire | cause to be bored |
c awful dire direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible c | causing fear or dread or terror, the awful war, an awful risk, dire news, a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked, the dread presence of the headmaster, polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was, a dreadful storm, a fearful howling, horrendous explosions shook the city, a terrible curse |
atrocious abominable awful dreadful painful terrible unspeakable | exceptionally bad or displeasing, atrocious taste, abominable workmanship, an awful voice, dreadful manners, a painful performance, terrible handwriting, an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room |
amazing awe-inspiring awesome awful awing | inspiring awe or admiration or wonder, New York is an amazing city, the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight, the awesome complexity of the universe, this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath- Melville, Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent |
nasty awful | offensive or even (of persons) malicious, in a nasty mood, a nasty accident, a nasty shock, a nasty smell, a nasty trick to pull, Will he say nasty things at my funeral?- Ezra Pound |
frightful terrible awful tremendous | extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact, in a frightful hurry, spent a frightful amount of money |
beastly hellish god-awful | very unpleasant, hellish weather, stop that god-awful racket |
awed awful | inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence, awed by the silence, awful worshippers with bowed heads |
terribly awfully awful frightfully | used as intensifiers, terribly interesting, I'm awful sorry |