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Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

Tremendous :: Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall..

Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm..

Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size..

Dread :: Dread (n.) Fury; dreadfulness.

Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..

Dire :: Dire (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

Dreadfully :: Dreadfully (adv.) In a dreadful manner; terribly.

Horribleness :: Horribleness (n.) The state or quality of being horrible; dreadfulness; hideousness.

Grisly :: Grisly (a.) Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter..

Uncouth :: Uncouth (a.) Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners..

Awe :: Awe (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence..

Dreadly :: Dreadly (a.) Dreadful.

Death :: Death (v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

Horrisonous :: Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.

Direful :: Direful (a.) Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day..

Awfulness :: Awfulness (n.) The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place..

Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks..

Ghastly :: Ghastly (superl.) Horrible; shocking; dreadful; hideous.

Dreadfulness :: Dreadfulness (n.) The quality of being dreadful.

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