English words for 'Very frightening.'
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noun
- (figurative) A major fright.
- (figurative) Death or failure.
- (cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
- a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
noun
- (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright.
- Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
- (figurative) obduracy; callousness.
- the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
adj
- provoking horror
- morally reprehensible
- inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
- displeasing to the senses
- (figuratively, derogatory) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
- Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
- (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
noun
verb
adj
- hazardous and frightening
- having or covered with hair
- (informal) Causing anxiety or fright; terrifying, scary.
- (informal) Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.
- (of a person) Having a lot of body hair.
- (uncommon) Long-haired.
- (of an animal) Having a lot of fur.
- Seeming as if hair-covered or as if consisting of hair.
- (of a human body part other than the head) Having hair growing from it.
adj
adv
noun
noun
- A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
- (now chiefly historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis.
- (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
- a situation resembling a terrifying dream
- a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
verb
adj
- Hideous or frightful.
- Enormously large.
- (offensive, derogatory) Disabled; crippled. (A severe slur used to describe persons with disabilities.)
- Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
- Freakish or grotesque.
- distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
- shockingly brutal or cruel
- abnormally large
noun
- (figurative) A major fright.
- (figurative) Death or failure.
- (cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.
- a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function
noun
- (figurative) Sheer terror; great fright.
- Turning to stone: the process of replacement of the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, with the original shape and topography being retained.
- (figurative) obduracy; callousness.
- the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
noun
- A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
- (now chiefly historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; sleep paralysis.
- (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
- a situation resembling a terrifying dream
- a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
verb
adj
- provoking horror
- morally reprehensible
- inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
- displeasing to the senses
- (figuratively, derogatory) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
- Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
- (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
noun
verb
adj
- hazardous and frightening
- having or covered with hair
- (informal) Causing anxiety or fright; terrifying, scary.
- (informal) Difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating.
- (of a person) Having a lot of body hair.
- (uncommon) Long-haired.
- (of an animal) Having a lot of fur.
- Seeming as if hair-covered or as if consisting of hair.
- (of a human body part other than the head) Having hair growing from it.
adj
adv
noun
adj
- Hideous or frightful.
- Enormously large.
- (offensive, derogatory) Disabled; crippled. (A severe slur used to describe persons with disabilities.)
- Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
- Freakish or grotesque.
- distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
- shockingly brutal or cruel
- abnormally large