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adjective
Causing fear or dread or terror
Synonyms: scary, fearsome, terrifying, daunting, disheartening, awful, direful, dread, dire, hair-raising, formidable, dreaded, dreadful, rebarbative, fearful, horrific, redoubtable, horrendous, terrible
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verb
Cause fear in
Synonyms: terrorizing, terrifying, scaring, startling, daunting, spooking, unnerving, appalling, horrifying, alarming, petrifying, affrighting, intimidating, discomfiting, perturbing, upsetting, cowing, harrowing, discomforting, fazing, disquieting, disturbing, awing, rattling, demoralizing, dismaying, badgering, threatening, deterring, shocking, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting
Antonyms: reassuring, heartening, encouraging
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verb
Shock, scare
Synonyms: deterring, browbeating, repelling, discouraging, intimidating
Antonyms: enticing, soothing, comforting, inveigling, reassuring, calming, exhilarating, fascinating, gladdening
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noun
The act of inspiring with fear
Synonyms: terrorization, terrorisation