| Main Entry: | hair-raising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing excitement |
Synonyms: |
bloodcurdling, breathtaking, chilling, cliff-hanging, electrifying, exciting, frightening, shocking, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, suspenseful, terrifying |
| Main Entry: | breathtaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, awesome |
Synonyms: |
amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, heart-stirring, heart-stopping, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling |
Antonyms: |
disgusting, ugly |
| Main Entry: | creepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, scary |
Synonyms: |
awful, direful, disgusting, disturbing, dreadful, eerie, frightening, ghoulish, gruesome, hair-raising, horrible, itching, itchy, macabre, menacing, nightmarish, ominous, shuddersome, sinister, terrifying, threatening, unpleasant, weird |
Antonyms: |
good, nice, normal, pleasant, pleasing, unscary |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
Antonyms: |
boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
Synonyms: |
appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, bloodcurdling, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, shuddersome, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
Antonyms: |
good, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | frightful/frightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scary, shocking |
Synonyms: |
alarming, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, chilling, daunting, dire, direful, dismaying, disquieting, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, ghastly, grabber, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hairy, harrowing, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, inconceivable, intimidating, lurid, macabre, menacing, morbid, ominous, petrifying, portentous, repellent, spooky, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unnerving, unspeakable |
Antonyms: |
calming, comforting, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | nightmarish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightening |
Synonyms: |
alarming, awful, chilling, creepy, dire, direful, disquieting, dreadful, eerie, fearful, fearsome, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, hair-raising, hellish, horrible, horrid, horrifying, macabre, morbid, ominous, petrifying, scary, spooky, terrible, terrifying, traumatic, unnerving |
| Main Entry: | scary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightening, terrifying |
Synonyms: |
alarming, bloodcurdling, chilling, creepy, eerie, hair-raising, hairy*, horrendous, horrifying, intimidating, shocking, spine-chilling, spooky, unnerving |
Antonyms: |
calming, encouraging, soothing |
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
Synonyms: |
X-rated, amazing, arresting, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, electrifying, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, horrifying, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, revealing, rough, salient, scandalous, sensationalistic, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid, thrilling, vulgar |
Antonyms: |
ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
| Main Entry: | stimulating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
Synonyms: |
adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |