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terrifying - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: terrify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: scare
Synonyms: alarm, appall, awe, chill, dismay, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, paralyze, petrify, shock, spook, startle, stun, stupefy, terrorize, scare stiff, scare the pants off of, scare to death, strike fear into
Antonyms: calm, delight, please
Main Entry: appalling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying
Synonyms: alarming, astounding, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, intimidating, mean, shocking, terrible, terrifying, daunting, disheartening, dismaying, grody, horrid, horrific, petrifying, scaring, the end, unnerving
Antonyms: comforting, encouraging, satisfying, reassuring
Main Entry: awesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amazing
Synonyms: alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool
Antonyms: unamazing
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: ghoulish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hideous, scary
Synonyms: cruel, demonic, devilish, diabolical, eerie, fiendish, frightening, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, macabre, monstrous, morbid, revolting, spooky, terrifying, spine-chilling
Main Entry: grisly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying
Synonyms: abominable, appalling, awful, bloody, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, gruesome, hideous, horrible, lurid, macabre, sanguine, shocking, sick, sickening, terrible, terrifying, yucky*, blood-stained, grody, horrid
Notes: grisly (from Germanic gri- 'fear, terror') is 'gruesome' while grizzly means 'streaked with gray'
Antonyms: nice, pleasing, pretty
Main Entry: gruesome
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, awful
Synonyms: abominable, appalling, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, hideous, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spine-tingling*, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird*, daunting, grody, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying
Antonyms: beautiful, pleasant, pretty
Main Entry: hair-raising
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: causing excitement
Synonyms: breathtaking, chilling, exciting, frightening, shocking, spine-tingling, terrifying, bloodcurdling, cliff-hanging, electrifying, spine-chilling, suspenseful
Main Entry: harrowing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous, frightening
Synonyms: agonizing, alarming, chilling, distressing, disturbing, excruciating, heartbreaking, nerve-racking, painful, soaring, terrifying, heart-rending, racking, tearing, tormenting, torturing, torturous, traumatic
Antonyms: calming, pleasant, pleasing, unfrightening
Main Entry: horrible/horrendous/horrid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: repulsive, very unpleasant
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, heinous, hideous, loathsome, lousy, lurid, mean, nasty, obnoxious, offensive, repellent, revolting, scandalous, scary, shameful, shocking, terrible, terrifying, ungodly, unholy, unkind
Antonyms: agreeable, delightful, magnificent, pleasant, pleasing, wonderful
Main Entry: intimidating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: threatening
Synonyms: aggressive, bullying, frightening, terrifying, pressuring, terrorizing
Main Entry: lurid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shocking, gruesome
Synonyms: ashen, bloody, deep, disgusting, distinct, exaggerated, extreme, fiery, ghastly, gory*, graphic, grim, grisly, hideous, horrible, livid, macabre, melodramatic, obscene, off-color*, offensive, purple*, racy, raunchy, revolting, rough, salty, sanguine*, savage, sensational, sinister, startling, terrible, terrifying, violent, vivid, yellow*, horrid, horrifying, low-down
Antonyms: clean, humble, modest
Main Entry: nightmarish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: frightening
Synonyms: alarming, awful, chilling, creepy, dire, direful, disquieting, dreadful, eerie, fearful, ghastly, ghoulish, grim, grisly, hair-raising, hellish, horrible, macabre, morbid, ominous, scary, spooky, terrible, terrifying, fearsome, horrid, horrifying, petrifying, traumatic, unnerving
Main Entry: truculent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: belligerent, hateful
Synonyms: abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered, barbarous, bellicose, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, cross, defiant, ferocious, fierce, frightening, harsh, hostile, inhuman, intimidating, invective, mean, militant, mordant, obstreperous, opprobrious, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rude, savage, scathing, scurrilous, sharp, sullen, terrifying, trenchant, violent, browbeating, contumelious, cowing, inhumane, mordacious, scrappy, terrorizing, vituperative, vituperous
Antonyms: cooperative, gentle, mild, nice, tame
Main Entry: frightful/frightening
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: scary, shocking
Synonyms: alarming, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, chilling, dire, direful, disquieting, dread, dreadful, fearful, formidable, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hairy, harrowing, hideous, horrible, inconceivable, intimidating, lurid, macabre, menacing, morbid, ominous, portentous, repellent, spooky, terrible, terrifying, unspeakable, daunting, dismaying, fearsome, grabber, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, petrifying, traumatic, unnerving
Antonyms: calming, comforting, pleasing
Main Entry: alarm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, panic, scare, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve, give a turn, make jump, scare silly, scare stiff, scare to death
Antonyms: assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe
Main Entry: appall/appal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: horrify
Synonyms: alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out
Antonyms: comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy
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