71
scary(adjective, feeling, cause, fear, shocking)
10
alarming(verb, adjective, awful, terrible, disgusting)
9
creepy(adjective, anxious, nervous, upsetting, weird)
8
disturbing(verb, adjective, severe, extreme, serious)
8
frightening(verb, adjective, awful, terrible, disgusting)
7
spooky(adjective, shocking, upsetting, weird, disturbing)
6
terrifying(verb, adjective, frightening)
6
horrifying(verb, adjective, frightening)
5
formidable
5
disconcerting(adjective, upsetting, weird, spooky, worrying)
5
redoubtable
4
daunting
4
dismaying(adjective, awful, terrible, disgusting, shocking)
4
distressing(adjective, disgusting, shocking, upsetting, disturbing)
4
harrowing(verb, adjective, frightening)
4
petrifying(verb, adjective, frightening)
4
threatening(verb, upsetting, disturbing, scary, frightening)
4
unsettling(adjective, upsetting, disturbing, scary, frightening)
3
agitating(verb, upsetting, frightening, worrying, troubling)
3
discouraging(verb, upsetting, worrying, troubling)
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