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Associations of "Rear its ugly head" (30 Words)
| alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate. |
| appearance | Formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action. The appearance of the railway. |
| atrocious | Exceptionally bad or displeasing. An atrocious automobile accident. |
| chilling | Horrifying or frightening. A chilling account of the prisoners fate. |
| disgusting | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. A disgusting smell. |
| eyesore | A thing that is very ugly, especially a building. The office crumbled into an eyesore. |
| formidable | Inspiring fear. The formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister s disposal. |
| frightful | Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking. There s been a most frightful accident. |
| grisly | Causing horror or disgust. The town was shaken by a series of grisly crimes. |
| gruesome | Causing repulsion or horror; grisly. The most gruesome murder. |
| hackles | A feeling of anger and animosity. Having one s hackles or dander up. |
| hideous | Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. Hideous lizard like creatures. |
| homely | Plain and unpretentious. Homely pleasures. |
| horrible | Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking. War is beyond all words horrible. |
| horrifying | Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. A horrifying incident. |
| indecorous | Lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct. Indecorous behavior. |
| macabre | Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages. |
| mane | Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal’s neck. He had a mane of white hair. |
| repellent | The power to repel. The idea of eating meat is repellent to me. |
| scary | Provoking fear terror. It was scary the way they bonded with each other. |
| terrible | Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality. What a terrible mess. |
| terrifying | Causing extreme terror. A terrifying wail. |
| toad | A contemptible or detestable person (used as a general term of abuse. You re an arrogant little toad. |
| unattractive | Not appealing to the senses. An unattractive deep red brick. |
| unlovely | Without beauty or charm. Unlovely tower blocks. |
| unpleasant | Causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable. An unpleasant smell. |
| unprepossessing | Not attractive or appealing to the eye. Despite his unprepossessing appearance he had an animal magnetism. |
| unsightly | Unpleasant to look at; ugly. Unsightly billboards. |
| unspeakable | Not able to be expressed in words. Unspeakable happiness. |
| ventral | Toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal. Ventral or pelvic fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped. |