What does scaresome mean?
Scaresome means Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful..
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/ˈskeɹsəm/ · adjective
Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful..
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.
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.
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Scaresome means Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful..
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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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