1 (dreadfulness) lo terrible the awfulness of the situation kept coming back to him lo terrible de la situación se le venía insistentemente a la cabeza; he had to serve 18 years because of the awfulness of his crimes sus crímenes fueron tan horrorosos que tuvo que servir una condena de 18 años
that is the awfulness of it the consequences of the drinker's behaviour will have to be brought home to the drinker /in all their awfulness/ the sheer awfulness of her life the awfulness of the new regime Antony, for all his personal awfulness, could be quite generous they just don't realise the political awfulness of the new regime
2 (poor quality) it gets mentioned, if only for its awfulness se habla de eso, aunque solo sea por lo malo que es
