4
appalling(nasty, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unkind)
3
eerie(nasty, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unkind)
3
gruesome(nasty, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unkind)
3
macabre(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful)
3
unearthly(awful, terrible, strange, dreadful, horrifying)
2
baleful(awful, terrible, strange, dreadful, horrifying)
2
dire(awful, terrible, dreadful)
2
forbidding
2
foul
2
gargantuan
2
ghoulish(awful, terrible, dreadful)
2
grim(nasty, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unkind)
2
hideous(nasty, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unkind)
2
horrendous(awful, terrible, dreadful, frightening, creepy)
2
menacing
2
morbid(awful, terrible, strange, dreadful, horrifying)
2
shocking(awful, terrible, dreadful, breathtaking, frightening)
2
sinister(awful, terrible, dreadful)
2
spine-chilling(shocking, breathtaking, frightening, creepy, chilling)
2
spine-tingling(shocking, breathtaking)
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