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Grim :: Grim (Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

Awful :: Awful (a.) Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster..

Ogre :: Ogre (n.) An imaginary monster, or hideous giant of fairy tales, who lived on human beings; hence, any frightful giant; a cruel monster..

Hobgoblin :: Hobgoblin (n.) A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow..

Affrightful :: Affrightful (a.) Terrifying; frightful.

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..

Frightfulness :: Frightfulness (n.) The quality of being frightful.

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

Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..

Bogle :: Bogle (n.) A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear.

Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..

Fearsome :: Fearsome (a.) Frightful; causing fear.

Gruesome :: Gruesome (a.) Ugly; frightful.

Horrific :: Horrific (a.) Causing horror; frightful.

Frightfully :: Frightfully (adv.) In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.

Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.

Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

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

Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.

Effrayable :: Effrayable (a.) Frightful.

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