Direful
Direful adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: heard the direful howling of the wolves during the night
Hair-raising and direful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hair-raising" instead an adjective "Direful".
Hair-raising
Hair-raising adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: hair-raising stories of headless corpses and disembodied screams
Direful and hair-raising are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direful" instead an adjective phrase "Hair-raising".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- terrible and direful
- terrible and hair-raising
- dreadful and direful
- dreadful and hair-raising
- frightful and direful
- frightful and hair-raising
- horrendous and direful
- horrendous and hair-raising
- horrible and direful
- horrible and hair-raising
- appalling and direful
- appalling and hair-raising
- shocking and direful
- shocking and hair-raising
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