Words similar to scary

Example sentences for: scary

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The Wicked Witch, especially, uses terms of endearment ( my little pretty, my fine gentlemen ) when addressing others; but her menacing face and gestures, her vicious sarcasm, her screaming laughter, and her saccharine voice while uttering those polite-sounding addresses and scary death-threats are much more effective and nasty than simple name-calling would be.
As for Escobar himself, García Márquez offers a portrait that is authentically scary.
Newspapers should avoid passing along scary information nobody can do anything with.
If that's not scary enough, be warned: The eerily cheerful Tara Lipinksi appears on CBS twice , including her own TV special ( Wednesday , 8 p.m.).
A Nightmare on Elm Street director Wes Craven's sequel to his self-parodic horror movie is said to be almost as amusing (and scary) as the original.