4
hobgoblin(noun, worry, concern, fear, problem)
4
menace(noun, plague, blight)
4
stampede(anxiety, fear, fright)
3
angst(noun, distress, anxiety, fear, horror)
3
bane(noun, plague, blight)
3
beast(noun, villain, brute)
3
brute(noun, villain, beast)
3
detestation(noun, anxiety, thing, shock, fear)
3
devil(noun, villain, horror, brute, beast)
3
dislike(noun, anxiety, thing, shock, fear)
3
distress(noun, anxiety, shock, confusion, fear)
3
faintheartedness(noun, distress, anxiety, fear, alarm)
3
fiend(villain, brute, beast)
3
ghoul(noun, ghost)
3
horribleness(noun, awful, terrible, fear)
3
horrification(noun, awful, terrible, fear)
3
incubus(noun, ghost)
3
nuisance(noun, person, worry, concern, pain)
3
phantom(noun, ghost)
3
recoil(noun, awful, terrible, fear)
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