71
scary(adjective, feeling, cause, unpleasant, awful)
58
dreadful(adjective, good, great, severe, sad)
47
awful(adjective, good, bad, great, severe)
43
shocking(adjective, good, great, severe, evil)
40
hideous(adjective, taste, dislike, unpleasant, awful)
40
horrid(adjective, evil, taste, unpleasant, base)
40
terrible(adjective, good, bad, great, severe)
39
horrible(adjective, good, great, evil, unpleasant)
39
atrocious(adjective, severe, offensive, unpleasant, awful)
38
frightful(adjective, good, great, pain, unpleasant)
36
ghastly(adjective, good, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
36
gruesome(adjective, taste, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
32
abominable(adjective, evil, dislike, unpleasant, base)
32
grisly(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, disgusting)
32
horrendous(adjective, good, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
31
dire(adjective, pain, awful, terrible, fear)
30
horrifying(adjective, awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful)
27
monstrous(adjective, great, severe, awful, terrible)
27
heinous(adjective, severe, taste, unpleasant, awful)
25
frightening(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, unreasonable)
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