Horrid and Scary

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Horrid adjective - Extremely disturbing or repellent.

Usage example: died a horrid death in the fire

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Scary and horrid are semantically related in terrible topic. In some cases you can use "Scary" instead an adjective "Horrid".

Nearby Words: horrible, horror, horribly, horridly

Scary adjective - Causing fear.

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

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Horrid and scary are semantically related in terrible topic. Sometimes you can use "Horrid" instead an adjective "Scary".

Nearby Words: scare, scar, scared, scaring

The first Resident Evil game, despite being pretty scary in its own right, had horrid voice acting included to make the game seem like more of a B-movie, with most of the Narm coming from RPD officer Barry Burton (although the other characters contribute more than their fair share).

Source: So Bad Its Good / Video Games

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