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fra: effrayant

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means(adjective) causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
awful, dreadful, direful, horrific, dread, terrible, horrendous, dreaded, fearsome, frightening, dire, fearful
means(adjective) causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
creepy-crawly, creepy
means(adjective) causing consternation; "appalling conditions"
dismaying, appalling
means(adjective) frightening because of an awareness of danger
alarming
means(adjective) provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"
horrible, frightful, ugly, atrocious, horrifying
means(adjective) extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
frightful, terrible, tremendous, awful
means(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
abominable, dreadful, terrible, atrocious, painful, awful, unspeakable

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