7
frightening(adjective, nasty, dark, awful, unreasonable)
7
lurid(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, strange)
7
satanic(adjective, kind)
6
abhorrent(adjective, taste, nasty, awful, terrible)
6
demoniac(adjective, extraordinary, unreasonable, inappropriate, absurd)
6
dire(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightening)
6
disgusting(adjective, nasty, awful, terrible, grim)
6
dreadful(adjective, nasty, awful, terrible, disturbing)
6
fearful(adjective, strange, horrible, horror, scary)
6
ghostly(adjective, unreasonable, shocking, inappropriate, absurd)
6
horrendous(adjective, awful, terrible, grim, shocking)
6
horrific(adjective, awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful)
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horrifying(adjective, awful, terrible, grim, shocking)
6
revolting(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, hideous)
6
sick(adjective, gross, morbid)
5
cruel(adjective, hideous, scary)
5
diabolical(adjective, kind, hideous, scary)
5
direful(adjective, strange, horrible, horror, scary)
5
eerie(adjective, nasty, awful, terrible, unreasonable)
5
foul(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, apperance)
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