Dark Scary Things

Libby
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  1. scary
    provoking fear or terror
  2. chilling
    the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
  3. shivery
    cold enough to cause body trembles
  4. terrorize
    coerce by violence or with threats
  5. terrify
    frighten greatly
  6. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  7. threat
    declaration of an intention to inflict harm on another
  8. holy terror
    a very troublesome child
  9. panic
    an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  10. fear
    an emotion in anticipation of some specific pain or danger
  11. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  12. fright
    an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
  13. fearfulness
    an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
  14. dread
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  15. frighten
    cause fear in
  16. scare
    cause fear in
  17. freak
    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  18. monstrosity
    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  19. lusus naturae
    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  20. demon
    an evil supernatural being
  21. devil
    an evil supernatural being
  22. fiend
    an evil supernatural being
  23. ogre
    (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
  24. imaginary being
    a creature of the imagination
  25. imaginary creature
    a creature of the imagination
  26. freak out
    lose one's nerve
  27. gross out
    fill with distaste
  28. pitch blackness
    total absence of light
  29. total darkness
    total absence of light
  30. black
    being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
  31. blackness
    total absence of light
  32. sinister
    wicked, evil, or dishonorable
  33. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  34. fatal
    bringing death
  35. sinistral
    of or on the left
  36. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
  37. ugly
    displeasing to the sense of sight
Created on Mon Nov 26 21:34:25 EST 2007

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