fearsome funereal monstrous sepulchral horrendous miserable somberUS sombreUK appalling ghostly gory grotesque morose scary spooky sullen dire nightmare sickening spookish daunting hellacious unspeakable from hell gut-churning sick-making spine-chilling spine-tingling more ❯ “However, no earth could shift...
▲ A type of brutish giant or monster from folk tales “With the first light of morning, the ground started to tremble and shake. The cell door was flung open, and in leaped the fearsomeogre.” Noun ▲ A wicked or reprehensible person ...
What is another word for “afraid”? This lesson provides a useful list of synonyms for "afraid" in English to improve and increase your vocabulary.
Once over the river we crossed a bridge lined with statues depicting the heroes of the Reconquesta and then, there he was – El Cid, looking fearsome with his grizzled beard, wild cloak flowing madly, his sword La Tizona, too big for an ordinary mortal extended menacingly ahead of him,...
White House pledges to embarrass ISIS back to the Stone Age with a barrage of fearsome Twitter messages and fatally ironic Instagram photos Obama to fight ISIS with new federal Terrorist Regulatory Agency Obama vows ISIS will never raise their flag over the eighteenth hole Harry Reid: "Sometimes...
What are some informal alternatives to the word ‘scary’? Some informal alternatives we can use include “spooky,”“creepy,” and “hair-raising.” These are great for casual conversations. Can you list some antonyms for ‘scary’?
The fearsome authority figure that made me go to the pentecostal church all those years; the angry male figure that filled me with shame when I stood before him as a teenager and confessed that I was pregnant. Soon my patriarchal father will be nothing but dust in the wind. Ashes in an...
the sisterly trio spends much of the film pursuing a handsome young scholar who hides a fearsome secret. But first, a band of thugs are deceived as punishment for their wicked ways: an early highlight finds the women canoodling in the forest, only for the lucky men to suddenly realis...
‘You can’t dismiss that illusion, it’s important to people, but they provide the sense of security, not real security.’ Even the fearsome Berlin Wall with its trigger-happy sentries still leaked thousands of refugees even in its most forbidding years. Supporters of walls say a few leaks...
They provide a fearsome force at the tip of our spear. As an Army officer, I was taught that Marines were Special Forces, just like Green Berets, Rangers, Airborne, Scouts, SEALs and others. Not to steal anyone’s thunder or purpose, but they belong in that category, based on mission ...