Another word for direful

Causing or able to cause fear

• tremendous

  1. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous:
  2. Very great in scope or importance:
  3. Remarkable; outstanding:

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  1. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous:
  2. Very great in scope or importance:
  3. Remarkable; outstanding:

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• terrible

  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful:
  2. Extremely formidable:
  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense:

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  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful:
  2. Extremely formidable:
  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense:

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• scary

  1. Causing fright or alarm.
  2. Easily scared; very timid.

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  1. Causing fright or alarm.
  2. Easily scared; very timid.

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• redoubtable

  1. Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
  2. Worthy of respect or honor.

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  1. Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
  2. Worthy of respect or honor.

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• ghastly

  1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
  2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
  3. Extremely unpleasant or bad:

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  1. Causing shock, revulsion, or horror; terrifying:
  2. Resembling a ghost; pale or pallid.
  3. Extremely unpleasant or bad:

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• frightful

  1. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
  2. Causing fright; terrifying.
  3. Excessive; extreme:

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  1. Causing disgust or shock; horrifying.
  2. Causing fright; terrifying.
  3. Excessive; extreme:

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• formidable

  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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  1. Arousing fear, dread, or alarm:
  2. Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder:
  3. Difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat:

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• fearsome

  1. Causing or capable of causing fear:
  2. Fearful; timid.

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  1. Causing or capable of causing fear:
  2. Fearful; timid.

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• fearful

  1. Experiencing fear; frightened:
  2. Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
  3. Indicating anxiety or fear:

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  1. Experiencing fear; frightened:
  2. Inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
  3. Indicating anxiety or fear:

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• dreadful

  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking:

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  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Extremely unpleasant; distasteful or shocking:

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• dire

  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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• appalling

  1. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:

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  1. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:

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Portending future disaster

• unlucky

  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune:
  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:

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  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune:
  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:

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• portentous

  1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding:
  2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:
  3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

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  1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding:
  2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:
  3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

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• ominous

  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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• hellfire

  1. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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  1. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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• grave

  1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
  2. A place of burial.
  3. Death or extinction:

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  1. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
  2. A place of burial.
  3. Death or extinction:

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• fire-and-brimstone

  1. The punishment of hell.
  2. Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.

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  1. The punishment of hell.
  2. Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.

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• fateful

  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:
  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

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  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:
  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

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• dire

  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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• baneful

  1. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
  2. Portending harm; ominous.

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  1. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
  2. Portending harm; ominous.

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• apocalyptical

  1. apocalyptic

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  1. apocalyptic

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• apocalyptic

  1. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
  2. Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization:
  3. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:

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  1. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
  2. Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization:
  3. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:

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