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terrifying

adjective as in frightening

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As members of the crash recovery crew search for survivors among the wreckage, they encounter mysterious predatory life forms more terrifying than they could have ever imagined.

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In love, it can be terrifying to show all your cards, to make yourself vulnerable, to let your desire be fully seen.

And for “Inside Out 2” — also nominally a comedy — they were steeped in one of the most terrifying circumstances: puberty.

That terrifying moment is currently revisited five times per week as part of a new musical — one that’s deeply personal and more than 20 years in the making.

“It was absolutely terrifying. I found it hard to hold any hope that I would be believed.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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