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more frightening

ADJECTIVE

scary, shocking

Synonyms

WEAK

alarming appalling atrocious awesome awful chilling daunting dire direful dismaying disquieting dread dreadful fearful fearsome formidable ghastly grabber grim grisly gruesome hair-raising hairy harrowing hideous horrendous horrible horrid horrifying inconceivable intimidating lurid macabre menacing morbid ominous petrifying portentous repellent spooky terrible terrifying traumatic unnerving unspeakable

Antonyms

WEAK

calming comforting pleasing

ADJECTIVE

fearsome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

daunting disheartening

WEAK

formidable rebarbative redoubtable

Antonyms

WEAK

comforting

Example Sentences

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Perhaps we’ve become so comfortable here in this flawed dwelling that any alternative is more frightening than staying put.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

"And in some ways, I think that's even more frightening."

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The film’s comedy won’t appeal to all tastes, but some will welcome the leavening effect it has on the movie’s more frightening aspects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Does “Paradise” seem more frightening now than it was when it was in production?

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

The fury had drained from his face as completely as it had once drained from Tom’s face, and the change was even more frightening than rage.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer