Horrible and Scary

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Horrible adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.

Usage example: a horrible car accident that left eyewitnesses in a state of shock

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Scary is a synonym for horrible in unpleasant topic. In some cases you can use "Scary" instead an adjective "Horrible".

Nearby Words: horrid, horror, horrify, horribly

Scary adjective - Causing fear.

Usage example: a scary movie that gave the child nightmares for weeks afterwards

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Horrible is a synonym for scary. Sometimes you can use "Horrible" instead the word "Scary" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: scare, scar, scared, scaring

The students are told of a place so scary and horrible that only the screams of the monsters who enter are heard when you get near it.

Source: Room 101
Meggie does this in Inkheart at one point, thinking that perhaps the things happening to her are just a story and hoping that the person reading it will close the book because it's "so horrible and scary".

Source: Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Kamen Rider Double has a Spider Dopant in the teamup with Kamen Rider OOO, and its design wasn't too scary but its effect was pretty horrible.

Source: Spiders Are Scary

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