(adjective) Extremely bad, displeasing or
offensive to
one or more of the senses. Not only bad, but singularly bad
to the point where it is estimated to be the very worst of its kind.
The
crime scene was a gawdawful spectacle he'll never forget.
My housemaid has no sense of smell... which is good, because she is spared the gawdawful odors that my house
sometimes harbors.
Melvin Van Peebles's SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADAAASSS SONG is a gawdawful mishmash of ideas and tones.
John's first attempt at preparing
Indian food simply yielded a gawdawful mess that he ended up feeding to the dog.