scaresome

Definitions

Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful.

Examples

“But I do remember⟳ a scaresome fight⟳ at the end⟳ of Broagh Road, just a couple of hundred yards from our house in Mossbawn.”

“She looked like⟳ a raven about to take⟳ flight, half bird, half woman, like⟳ she'd sprouted wings from her shoulders. I couldn't see⟳ where her arms ended and the cape began. It was stunning and scaresome all at the same time.”

“A traveler, in journeying through that waste⟳ and howling and terrible wilderness, would meet⟳ with many a rough road, many a rugged way, many a rocky ascent, many an uncultivated waste⟳, many a harsh sound⟳, many a scaresome sight, many a tangled spot, many a thorny place⟳, many a toil, and many a trial.”

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