Dreadful and Haunting

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Dreadful adjective - Causing fear.

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Haunting and dreadful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Haunting" instead an adjective "Dreadful".

Nearby Words: dread, dreadfully, dreaded, dreading

Haunting adjective - Fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic.

Usage example: the haunting tones of the Highland bagpipes

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Dreadful and haunting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dreadful" instead an adjective "Haunting".

Nearby Words: haunt, haunted, haunter

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