Scary Mood Words

Mrs. Kinch (United States of America)
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  1. eerie
    suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
  2. spooky
    inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening
  3. creep
    move slowly
  4. frighten
    cause fear in
  5. terrify
    frighten greatly
  6. terror
    an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
  7. terrorize
    coerce by violence or with threats
  8. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  9. gruesome
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  10. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  11. horror
    intense and profound fear
  12. gnarled
    old and twisted and covered in lines
  13. dismal
    causing dejection
  14. dank
    unpleasantly cool and humid
  15. specter
    a ghostly appearing figure
  16. wraith
    a ghostly figure, especially one seen shortly before death
  17. haunt
    follow stealthily or pursue like a ghost
  18. dread
    fearful expectation or anticipation
  19. dreadful
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  20. horrendous
    causing fear or dread or terror
  21. dreary
    lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
  22. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  23. monstrosity
    a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
  24. fiend
    an evil supernatural being
  25. sinister
    wicked, evil, or dishonorable
  26. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
  27. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  28. chill
    coldness due to a cold environment
  29. ghoul
    an evil spirit or ghost
  30. ghoulish
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  31. serpentine
    resembling a snake in form
  32. gloom
    a state of partial or total darkness
Created on Fri Oct 23 08:00:51 EDT 2015

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