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(
colloquial
)
Causing or able to cause fright
(
colloquial
)
Easily frightened
(
colloquial
)
Feeling fearful
Alarming and difficult
Adjective
▲
(
colloquial
)
Causing or able to cause fright
frightening
scaring
terrifying
petrifying
chilling
horrifying
alarming
appalling
daunting
formidable
fearsome
threatening
unnerving
eerie
dire
direful
dread
dreadful
fearful
forbidding
frightful
ghastly
horrendous
horrible
intimidating
redoubtable
shocking
sinister
terrible
bloodcurdling
creepy
menacing
pulse-pounding
startling
worrying
shivery
shuddery
spooky
hairy
blood-curdling
hair-raising
nerve-racking
spine-chilling
spine-tingling
disturbing
awful
distressing
macabre
disquieting
gruesome
grim
horrid
harrowing
hideous
monstrous
unearthly
weird
unsettling
horrific
ghostly
grisly
ominous
dismaying
nightmarish
baleful
upsetting
eldritch
perturbing
uncanny
lurid
awesome
unspeakable
spookish
atrocious
supernatural
dangerous
worrisome
strange
disconcerting
ghoulish
terrific
morbid
haunting
traumatic
mean-looking
mysterious
grievous
other-worldly
grave
grewsome
dark
eery
taxing
overwhelming
uneasy
unpleasant
gloomy
awe-inspiring
nasty
spectral
unnatural
godawful
bodeful
agitating
offensive
unreal
trying
nerve-wracking
difficult
harassing
freaky
disgusting
shadowy
tense
calamitous
foreboding
phantom
awkward
fraught
anxious
bleak
repulsive
revolting
grotesque
thrilling
exciting
nightmare
restless
distressful
nervous
shuddersome
hellacious
anxious-making
dismal
abysmal
preternatural
wretched
sickening
bad
ghostlike
nail-biting
phantasmal
minatory
abnormal
freakish
troublesome
bothersome
vexatious
phantasmic
haunted
bizarre
minacious
niggling
abominable
inauspicious
depressing
off-putting
tremendous
rum
evil
imposing
brooding
harrying
ethereal
terrorizing
US
thorny
problematic
tricky
portentous
prickly
sticky
disastrous
serious
black
troubling
bullying
vile
ugly
loathsome
lamentable
sepulchral
funereal
unfortunate
from hell
devilish
stressful
wraithlike
suspenseful
insubstantial
terrorising
UK
warning
demoralizing
US
queer
surprising
extraordinary
minatorial
impressive
odd
curious
illusory
causing fear
disheartening
foul
stunning
astonishing
amazing
staggering
outrageous
magical
powerful
apparitional
spiritual
tragic
unpropitious
evil-looking
desperate
odious
discomforting
stupefying
gross
fantastic
astounding
abhorrent
irksome
severe
dreaded
concerning
woeful
annoying
irritating
doomy
ill-boding
ill
baneful
unlucky
apocalyptic
miserable
repugnant
sublime
parlous
glowering
obnoxious
cruel
extreme
demoralising
UK
beastly
sick
suggestive of evil
heinous
deplorable
solemn
lousy
cold
wicked
fiendish
tormenting
gory
lowering
inconvenient
shady
gripping
edgy
electrifying
perplexing
bone-chilling
admonitory
incorporeal
feared
Kafkaesque
disembodied
discouraging
taboo
comminatory
cautionary
terribly bad
very bad
aggressive
pressuring
unapproachable
browbeating
hellish
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
poignant
shadowlike
breathtaking
hostile
embarrassing
extraterrestrial
overpowering
strong
mighty
fateful
hateful
alien
unfriendly
hair-curling
cliff-hanging
striking
afraid
massive
dispiriting
barro
distracting
unwelcoming
uninviting
unthinkable
unmentionable
execrable
egregious
insufferable
intimidatory
looming
thunderous
invincible
resolute
commanding
doughty
indomitable
causing excitement
unpromising
vicious
rotten
exacting
challenging
fazing
all-powerful
not of this world
louring
unwelcome
punk
excessive
icky
shameful
grody
frozen
gnarly
mean
valiant
unexpected
demoniac
heavenly
inappropriate
hyperphysical
overhanging
approaching
like death warmed up
inhospitable
perilous
life-threatening
ferocious
unwholesome
brave
imminent
courageous
unforeseen
jaw-dropping
mystic
catastrophic
ruinous
crying
pressing
cataclysmic
critical
crucial
sombre
UK
somber
US
sudden
jarring
jolting
dumbfounding
flabbergasting
dumfounding
eye-opening
blindsiding
remarkable
dramatic
urgent
bloodthirsty
demonic
diabolical
savage
brutal
twisted
dreary
melancholic
morose
glum
melancholy
dispirited
depressive
desolate
cheerless
drastic
transcendental
superhuman
transcendent
supernormal
phenomenal
miraculous
sullen
tenebrous
sad
crippling
hopeless
devastating
irretrievable
otherworldly
eidolic
holy
divine
cadaverous
deathlike
corpselike
wraithy
wan
pale
indistinct
vampiric
pitiless
murky
drab
mirthless
lugubrious
drear
gray
US
mournful
dingy
grey
UK
bizarro
chronic
exigent
discomposing
troublous
nagging
God-awful
unhealthy
death-obsessed
oppressing
fierce
heartbreaking
scowling
regrettable
afflictive
inspired
inexplainable
unheard-of
mystifying
very strange
supranormal
singular
prodigious
secret
vexing
tiresome
agonizing
US
burdensome
agonising
UK
apprehensive
wearisome
maddening
panicky
exasperating
gut-wrenching
aggravating
superstitious
peculiar
paranormal
crawly
malign
ill-omened
malignant
scandalous
disgraceful
sinistrous
malevolent
injurious
nauseating
doomful
hurtful
dishonest
perverse
deleterious
harmful
pernicious
blackhearted
adverse
poisonous
mischievous
malefic
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
repellent
obscene
rancid
repellant
bewildering
noisome
distasteful
fulsome
noxious
nauseous
glaring
detestable
more ❯
“I'm not sure what it was, but it was a
scary
looking beast.”
Adjective
▲
(
colloquial
)
Easily frightened
mousey
mousy
timid
timorous
tremulous
skittish
shy
fainthearted
fearful
fearsome
unassertive
scared
apprehensive
meek
frightened
diffident
afraid
hesitant
shrinking
cowardly
bashful
self-effacing
cowering
quiet
nervous
gutless
yellow
unassuming
reticent
unconfident
alarmed
panicky
worried
lily-livered
wimpy
cowed
weak
spineless
intimidated
anxious
excited
uncertain
agitated
ineffectual
antsy
jumpy
jittery
agog
withdrawn
unforthcoming
introverted
introvert
unobtrusive
having cold feet
indeterminate
plain
pale
colourless
UK
colorless
US
quaking
trembling
weak-kneed
modest
reserved
demure
easily frightened
lacking courage
sissy
faint-hearted
coy
wimpish
retiring
humble
chicken
yellow-bellied
trepidatious
faint
recreant
shuddering
poor-spirited
tentative
nervy
tense
unsettled
uptight
flurried
fidgety
twitchy
uneasy
dithery
disturbed
high-strung
discomposed
stressed
distressed
edgy
flighty
troubled
overwrought
hysterical
perturbed
upset
restless
bothered
spooked
skittery
fluttery
toey
insecure
disquieted
shaky
terrified
neurotic
irrational
highly strung
graceless
mouselike
fixated
hung up
obsessed
phobic
overanxious
have cold feet
paranoid
distraught
hectic
desperate
flushed
startled
annoyed
intense
unnerved
shocked
in a panic
daunted
aflutter
adrenalized
aquiver
unreluctant
frantic
emotional
frenzied
distracted
wrought-up
overactive
dismayed
hyped-up
overexcited
febrile
fraught
unquiet
het up
afire
hyper
atingle
ill at ease
hot under the collar
heated
hyperexcited
wound up
ruffled
disconcerted
provoked
wired
worked up
zipped up
on edge
in a tizzy
hot
juiced up
keyed up
hot and bothered
taut
excitable
concerned
queazy
angsty
overstrung
fretful
brittle
spasmodic
unglued
careful
shivery
uncomfortable
queasy
easily agitated
more ❯
“He's a
scary
sort, so don't make any sudden loud noises.”
Adjective
▲
(
colloquial
)
Feeling fearful
scared
terrified
frightened
afraid
horrified
spooked
affrighted
aghast
alarmed
hysteric
hysterical
shocked
terrorised
UK
terrorized
US
horror-struck
fearful
dismayed
petrified
scared stiff
disturbed
upset
anxious
worried
scared to death
troubled
nervous
appalled
uneasy
startled
unnerved
apprehensive
panicky
perturbed
panic-stricken
terror-struck
frozen
terror-stricken
horror-stricken
jittery
intimidated
jumpy
scared witless
afeared
frit
frightened to death
rabbity
lily-livered
shaky
in a panic
running scared
in a funk
in a cold sweat
in a blue funk
have cold feet
depressed
confounded
disgusted
perplexed
repelled
revolted
sickened
daunted
distressed
awestruck
stunned
stupefied
shell-shocked
aroused
panicked
awe-struck
scared out of your wits
tense
hesitant
nervy
timid
shrinking
disquieted
wired
diffident
faint-hearted
timorous
pusillanimous
frantic
feart
worried sick
phobic
chickenhearted
quivery
spineless
unmanly
weak-kneed
sheepish
aflutter
goose-bumpy
nerveless
agitated
discomposed
solicitous
awed
windy
funky
in a dither
paralysed with fear
beside oneself
bricking oneself
shaking like a leaf
frightened out of your wits
cowed
abashed
flustered
butterflies
shivery
chicken-hearted
jellyfish
yellow
sissy
uptight
mousy
numb
chicken
hung up
having kittens
very scared
pushing the panic button
in fear and trepidation
numb with fear
in a sweat
cowardly
concerned
bothered
shaken
rattled
cowering
fretful
trembling
overwrought
in a state
on edge
in a tizzy
in a tizz
in a flap
in awe
apprehensive about
intimidated by
having cold feet
in a fluster
alarmed at
more ❯
“I was
scary
after I saw something mysterious move in the darkness.”
Adjective
▲
Alarming and difficult
hairy
difficult
tricky
dangerous
hazardous
perilous
risky
sticky
ticklish
chancy
dodgy
high-risk
touch-and-go
uncertain
unsafe
awkward
catchy
delicate
dicey
knotty
nasty
precarious
prickly
problematic
problematical
sensitive
spiny
thorny
touchy
tough
tricksy
unchancy
unpredictable
gnarly
iffy
parlous
fraught with danger
jeopardous
treacherous
unhealthy
unsound
wicked
insecure
unstable
critical
threatening
serious
shaky
troublesome
intricate
complicated
grievous
menacing
complex
grave
rocky
unsure
perplexing
venturesome
vulnerable
involved
hard
exposed
taxing
speculative
unsettled
controversial
vexatious
jeopardizing
US
unreliable
convoluted
trying
embarrassing
jeopardising
UK
unpleasant
dubious
irksome
bothersome
unsteady
on thin ice
uncomfortable
worrying
touch and go
baffling
vexed
concerning
loaded
questionable
dynamite
undependable
in the balance
alarming
desperate
unknown
undetermined
unresolved
debatable
hanging by a thread
upsetting
doubtful
challenging
erratic
slippery
open to question
formidable
hot
dangersome
up in the air
playing with fire
dire
tight
fiddly
pending
contentious
terrifying
puzzling
rough
shonky
incalculable
heavy
in limbo
capricious
distressing
awful
deadly
in danger
breakneck
untrustworthy
malignant
viperous
fatal
adventurous
venturous
at risk
disturbing
nettlesome
in jeopardy
ugly
Russian roulette
acute
compromising
humiliating
profound
rugged
undecided
bleak
in doubt
painful
sophisticated
death-defying
cringeworthy
onerous
forbidding
arduous
grim
cringey
pointed
briery
cringe-making
punishing
dark
disagreeable
worrisome
harmful
unforeseeable
wobbly
life-threatening
defenceless
UK
volatile
unfriendly
bitter
suspect
spartan
hostile
defenseless
US
mystifying
up for grabs
out on a limb
bad
impregnable
on collision course
serpentine
mortal
portentous
pressing
queasy
urgent
terrible
impending
uneasy
unclear
reckless
subtle
paradoxical
fluctuant
vague
unfinished
tentative
harassing
cliffhanging
suspenseful
ominous
provocative
intractable
severe
daredevil
searching
penetrating
heated
extreme
endangered
echinated
annoying
stimulating
emotive
divisive
scandalous
dreadful
disputed
to be won or lost
quirky
like herding cats
long shot
on slippery ground
wide-open
debated
contested
lethal
haphazard
eventful
barro
discomforting
hair-trigger
disconcerting
moot
threatened
injurious
destructive
toxic
flustering
laborious
operose
strenuous
unprotected
nice
discomfiting
unconcluded
demeaning
degrading
explosive
fearsome
tottering
rickety
ongoing
in contention
at issue
in dispute
inconvenient
embarrassed
inconstant
fickle
lively
temperamental
mercurial
variable
changeable
untimely
discountenancing
discomposing
open to attack
on a limb
open to debate
hot-button
excruciating
incommodious
exasperating
shameful
very bad
open to doubt
fractious
barbed
bristly
toe-curling
yet to be decided
much debated
unconfirmed
briary
thistly
brambly
unfathomable
insoluble
bewildering
unanswerable
elaborate
incomprehensible
insolvable
confusing
tangled
enigmatic
confounding
mind-bending
undecipherable
indeterminate
undefined
spicular
spiky
aculeate
spinous
sharp
spiculate
spiked
pronged
bristled
spiniferous
scratchy
peracute
egregious
conjectural
sketchy
indistinct
life-and-death
setaceous
jaggy
muricate
pointy
barbellate
spinose
hanging in the balance
on a slippery slope
built on sand
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