There is so much power in words. These scary words are what you need when you’re looking to terrify, frighten, or torture your reader or listener. Comb through this list of scary words and choose the ones that upset, petrify, horrify, or rattle you the most. Just don’t blame us if you can’t fall asleep tonight…
1. Abominable
2. Agonizing
3. Alarming
4. Appalling
5. Awful
7. Beastly
8. Blood-Curdling
9. Bloodsucker
10. Charnel
11. Chilling
12. Crawly
13. Creepy
14. Cruel
15. Dangerous
16. Daunting
17. Deathlike
18. Demonic
19. Detestable
20. Dire
21. Direful
22. Disgusting
23. Disquieting
24. Distressing
25. Dreaded
26. Dreadful
27. Eerie
28. Evil
30. Fearful
31. Fearsome
32. Formidable
33. Freaky
34. Frightening
35. Frightful
36. Funereal
37. Ghastly
38. Ghostlike
39. Ghoulish
40. Gory
41. Grim
42. Grisly
43. Gruesome
44. Hair-Raising
45. Hairy
47. Haunted
48. Hazardous
49. Heart-Stopping
50. Heinous
51. Hellish
52. Hideous
53. Horrendous
54. Horrible
55. Horrid
56. Horrific
57. Horrifying
58. Intimidating
59. Jarring
60. Kafkaesque
61. Loathsome
62. Lurid
63. Macabre
64. Menacing
65. Monstrous
66. Morbid
67. Nasty
68. Nerve-Wracking
69. Nightmarish
70. Obnoxious
71. Ominous
72. Perilous
73. Petrifying
74. Petrifying
76. Pigeon-Hearted
77. Poltroon
78. Poor-Spirited
79. Scandalous
80. Sepulchral
81. Shivery
82. Shocking
83. Shuddery
84. Sinister
85. Spectral
86. Spine-Chilling
87. Spine-Tingling
88. Spooky
89. Startling
90. Striking
91. Terrified
92. Threatening
93. Traumatic
94. Ugly
95. Uncanny
96. Unearthly
97. Unnerving
98. Wicked
99. Worrisome
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