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  • 111apocalyptical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire and brimstone, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …

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  • 112baneful — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Extremely destructive or harmful: deadly, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, pestilential, virulent. See HELP. 2. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, dire, direful, fateful, fire and …

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  • 113fearsome — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling; dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous. See FEAR. 2. Filled with fear or terror: afraid, aghast,… …

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  • 114fire-and-brimstone — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …

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  • 115hellfire — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire and brimstone, grave2, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN …

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  • 116Fear — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fear >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fear fear timidity diffidence want of confidence Sgm: N 1 apprehensiveness apprehensiveness fearfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 solicitude solicitude anxiety care …

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  • 117awful — a. 1. Dread, awe inspiring, reverend, venerable, august, grand, stately, imposing, solemn, majestic. 2. Dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, horrifying, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous, overwhelming, alarming, portentous …

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  • 118dire — a. Dreadful, dismal, fearful, direful, shocking, terrible, horrid, horrible, awful, terrific, tremendous, portentous, gloomy, woful, disastrous, calamitous, destructive, cruel, inexorable, implacable …

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  • 119dreadful — a. 1. Terrible, horrible, horrid, direful, dire, fearful, frightful, terrific, awful, tremendous, formidable. 2. Venerable, awful …

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  • 120fearful — a. 1. Afraid, apprehensive, haunted with fear. 2. Timid, timorous, nervous, faint hearted, chicken hearted, white livered, cowardly, pusillanimous, showing the white feather, easily frightened. 3. Terrible, dreadful, frightful, dire, direful. 4.… …

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