awesome

[Zainab]

so the word awesome means

something that can be awe-d

as in good

you know what i mean

then what is awful?

ful of aww?

but its bad?

hope you can untie this knot

[dookdookdook]

If you look at the history of the words, at one time they meant the same thing, awe inspiring, which could be a positive or negative meaning. Over time their usage diverged and awesome was used generally to mean good, impressive, etc. while awful took on the negative meaning, bad, ugly, unpleasant, etc.