scarers
Those who spook
Scarers is the plural of scarer—someone or something that frightens.
The word appears most often in compound forms: bird scarers are devices that keep birds away from crops.
In the animated film *Monsters, Inc.*, scarers are monsters whose job is to frighten children.
The old scarecrow was an effective scarer of crows.
Carved pumpkin with light
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- ghostApparition of the dead
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
scarecrow · costume · witch · vampire · zombie · skeleton · cobweb · trick-or-treat
Imaginary childhood terror
- boogeymanFrightening figure for children
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- specterGhostly threatening presence
phantom · poltergeist · banshee · demon · goblin · troll · ogre · creature
Habitual intimidator
- thugViolent criminal
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
- henchmanLoyal criminal subordinate
- goonEnforcer or simpleton
menace · tormentor · tyrant · oppressor · aggressor · threatener · terrorizer · coercer
Knife-wielding horror villain
- villainWicked story antagonist
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- JasonCommon masculine name
- Michael MyersIconic masked horror antagonist
Freddy Krueger · Chucky · horror icon · creature feature · monster movie · screamer
jack-o'-lantern
Carved pumpkin with light
monster · scarecrow · costume · witch · vampire · zombie · skeleton · cobweb · trick-or-treat · mummy
bogeyman
Imaginary childhood terror
- boogeymanFrightening figure for children
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
specter · phantom · poltergeist · banshee · demon · goblin · troll · ogre · creature · apparition
bully
Habitual intimidator
goon · menace · tormentor · tyrant · oppressor · aggressor · threatener · terrorizer · coercer · brute
slasher
Knife-wielding horror villain
- villainWicked story antagonist
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- JasonCommon masculine name
Freddy Krueger · Michael Myers · Chucky · horror icon · creature feature · monster movie · screamer
scarerscomforters
Padded bed coverings
soothers · reassurers · calmers · consolers · pacifiers
- scared to deathExtremely frightened
- scared stiffImmobilized by extreme fright
- scare offCause to flee
- scared offFrightened into leaving
- scare someone to deathFrighten to the extreme
- scared shitlessExtremely, viscerally afraid