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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• 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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• direful

  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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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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Extreme in degree, strength, or effect

• violent

  1. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
  2. Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
  3. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes:

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  1. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
  2. Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
  3. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes:

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• vehement

  1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid:

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  1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid:

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• intense

  1. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree:
  2. Extreme in degree, strength, or size:
  3. Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:

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  1. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree:
  2. Extreme in degree, strength, or size:
  3. Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:

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• furious

  1. Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
  2. Full of intensity; energetic or fierce:

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  1. Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
  2. Full of intensity; energetic or fierce:

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• fierce

  1. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
  2. Characterized by or showing hostility:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:

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  1. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
  2. Characterized by or showing hostility:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:

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• desperate

  1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
  2. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair:
  3. Reckless or violent because of despair:

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  1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
  2. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair:
  3. Reckless or violent because of despair:

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Very bad

• shocking

  1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
  2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
  3. Very vivid or intense in tone:

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  1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
  2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
  3. Very vivid or intense in tone:

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• horrible

  1. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful:
  2. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

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  1. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful:
  2. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.

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• horrendous

  1. Hideous; dreadful:

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  1. Hideous; dreadful:

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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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• 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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• awful

  1. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible:
  2. Commanding awe:
  3. Filled with or displaying great reverence.

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  1. Extremely bad or unpleasant; terrible:
  2. Commanding awe:
  3. Filled with or displaying great reverence.

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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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Inspiring terror

• unnerving

  1. Present participle of unnerve.

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  1. Present participle of unnerve.

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• shocking

  1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
  2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
  3. Very vivid or intense in tone:

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  1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
  2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
  3. Very vivid or intense in tone:

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• gruesome

  1. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking:

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  1. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking:

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• revolting

  1. Causing abhorrence or disgust.

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  1. Causing abhorrence or disgust.

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• petrifying

  1. Causing immense fear; immobilising with fright; scary; frightening; terrifying
  2. Present participle of petrify.

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  1. Causing immense fear; immobilising with fright; scary; frightening; terrifying
  2. Present participle of petrify.

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• awe-inspiring

  1. Inspiring awe; awesome.
  2. Present participle of awe-inspire.

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  1. Inspiring awe; awesome.
  2. Present participle of awe-inspire.

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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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• horrifying

  1. Present participle of horrify.
  2. Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

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  1. Present participle of horrify.
  2. Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

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• awesome

  1. Inspiring awe:
  2. Expressing awe:
  3. Remarkable; outstanding:

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  1. Inspiring awe:
  2. Expressing awe:
  3. Remarkable; outstanding:

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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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• appalling

  1. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:

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  1. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful:

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• frightening

  1. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
  2. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
  3. Present participle of frighten.

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  1. Causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary.
  2. (figuratively) Awful, terrible, very bad.
  3. Present participle of frighten.

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• terrifying

  1. Frightening or intimidating.
  2. Of a formidable nature; terrific
  3. Present participle of terrify.

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  1. Frightening or intimidating.
  2. Of a formidable nature; terrific
  3. Present participle of terrify.

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Unwelcome

• lousy

  1. Infested with lice.
  2. Extremely contemptible; nasty:
  3. Sick or unwell:

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  1. Infested with lice.
  2. Extremely contemptible; nasty:
  3. Sick or unwell:

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• atrocious

  1. Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous:
  2. Exceptionally bad; abominable:

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  1. Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous:
  2. Exceptionally bad; abominable:

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• disturbing

  1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
  2. Present participle of disturb.

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  1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
  2. Present participle of disturb.

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• inconvenient

  1. Not accessible; hard to reach.
  2. Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs:
  3. Inopportune:

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  1. Not accessible; hard to reach.
  2. Not suited to one's comfort, purpose, or needs:
  3. Inopportune:

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• disastrous

  1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
  2. Extremely bad; terrible:

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  1. Accompanied by or causing distress or disaster; calamitous.
  2. Extremely bad; terrible:

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• unfortunate

  1. Having bad luck; unlucky.
  2. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:
  3. Regrettable; deplorable:

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  1. Having bad luck; unlucky.
  2. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:
  3. Regrettable; deplorable:

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