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| Main Entry: | creepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, scary |
| Synonyms: | awful, direful, disgusting, disturbing, dreadful, eerie, frightening, ghoulish, gruesome, hair-raising, horrible, itchy, macabre, menacing, nightmarish, ominous, sinister, terrifying, threatening, unpleasant, weird, itching, shuddersome |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, normal, pleasant, pleasing, unscary |
| Main Entry: | dread |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, terrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, awe-inspiring, awful, creepy*, dire, frightening, frightful, terrible, shuddersome |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dreadful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, frightening |
| Synonyms: | abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, grievous, grim, gross*, hideous, icky*, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked, godawful, grody, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome |
| Antonyms: | pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, obnoxious |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, awful, bitter, catty*, confounded, cursed, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgusting, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, gross, heinous, infamous, invidious, loathsome, malevolent, malign, mean, odious, offensive, ornery*, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, spiteful, undesirable, vicious, vile, blasted, cussed, despiteful, horrid, resentful, shuddersome, uncool |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, astounding, atrocious, awful, baleful, creepy, dire, distressing, dreadful, eerie, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising*, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, sinister, strange, sublime, terrible, tremendous, unearthly, unspeakable, bloodcurdling, horrendous, horrific, shuddersome |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, pleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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