31 entries under frightening topic. ×

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ghastly(adjective, dark, awful, terrible, gloomy)
8
appalling(adjective, taste, awful, terrible, horrible)
6
dire(adjective, awful, terrible, dreadful)
6
horrific(adjective, awful, terrible, shocking, dreadful)
5
shocking(adjective, awful, terrible, grim, dreadful)
4
hair-raising(adjective, awful, terrible, strange, horrible)
4
nightmarish(adjective, nasty, awful, terrible, unreasonable)
3
loathsome(adjective, awful, terrible, grim, shocking)
2
offensive(awful, terrible, grim, shocking, upsetting)
2
repellent(adjective, awful, terrible, grim, shocking)
2
unnatural(awful, terrible, grim, shocking, upsetting)
1
anemic(awful, terrible, grim, shocking, upsetting)
1
ashen(awful, grim, shocking, upsetting)
1
cadaverous(adjective, shocking, upsetting)
1
deathlike(adjective, shocking, upsetting)
1
funereal(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unreasonable)
1
sepulchral(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, unreasonable)
1
supernatural(awful, terrible, shocking, upsetting)
0
bloodless(awful, terrible, grim, shocking, upsetting)
0
corpselike(awful, terrible, shocking, upsetting)
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