Dread
Dread adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: every ship on the Spanish Main was terrified of running into the dread pirate
Terrifying is a synonym for dread in awful topic. In some cases you can use "Terrifying" instead an adjective "Dread", when it comes to topics like frightening.
Terrifying
Terrifying adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: heard a terrifying noise coming from the next room
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- terrible and dread
- terrible and terrifying
- dreadful and dread
- dreadful and terrifying
- frightful and dread
- frightful and terrifying
- horrendous and dread
- horrendous and terrifying
- horrible and dread
- horrible and terrifying
- appalling and dread
- appalling and terrifying
- shocking and dread
- shocking and terrifying
Both words in one sentence
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The Princess Bride: The Dread Pirate Roberts is a mysterious and terrifying pirate who has long terrorized ... some maritime province.
Source: Living Legend -
One of the more amusing scenes in Golden Sun: The Lost Age has the dread pirate Briggs begging his terrifying grandmother to defend him from Felix & Co... by way of a nonsensical argument starring his own son.
Source: Cuteness Proximity -
The episode "Mysterion Rises" has Eric Cartman/Coon befriending the Dread Lord Cthulhu himself, with a simultaneously awesome and terrifying Totoro-esque journey.
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