Fearsomeness

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256. Fearsomeness

  1. Deimos attendant of Ares; personification of fear. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 77]
  2. Dracula eerie tale of vampires and werewolves. [Br. Lit.: Dracula ]
  3. Invasion from Mars Orson Welless broadcast; terrified a credulous America (1938). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 468]
  4. Iroquois strongest, most feared of eastern confederacies. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 250]
  5. Jaggers, Mr. lawyer esteemed and feared by clients. [Br. Lit.: Great Expectations ]
  6. Ko-Ko holder of dread office of High Executioner. [Br. Opera: The Mikado, Magill I, 591592]
  7. Native Son portrays oppressor and oppressed as both filled with fear. [Am. Lit.: Native Son, Magill I, 643645]
  8. Phobus god of dread and alarm. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 14, 84]
  9. Seven That Were Hanged, The analyzes the fears of an official threatened with assassination and of seven condemned prisoners. [Russ. Lit.: Magill II, 957]
  10. Shere Khan lame tiger who wants to devour Mowgli; causes fear throughout story. [Childrens Lit.: The Jungle Book ]

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