Gothic fiction: vocabulary
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Atmosphere |
N: clanking chains; crazed laughter ; doors suddenly slamming shut; eerie (= strange, weird) sounds; gusts of wind;
adj: creepy, disturbing, gloomy... |
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Mystery |
N: devil; ghost; goblins; haunted place; magic; omens; secret; spirits; supernatural elements; visions…
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Fear, Terror or Horror... |
N: agony; anguish; apprehensions; disgust; dismay; fright; horror; panic; shrieks; terror...
NB: it is scary/ frightening but a character is scared / frightened... |
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Surprise |
adj: amazed; astonished; dismayed; shocked, surprised; thunderstruck...
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Haste |
adj: anxious; breathless; frantic;
adv: hastily; impatiently;precipitately; suddenly…
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Anger |
N: anger; fury; rage; resentment; temper; wrath...
adj: angry, furious, wrathful...
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Largeness |
adj: enormous, gigantic, giant, large, tremendous, vast…
+ the sublime
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