flaysome
/ (ˈfleɪsəm) /
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adjective
Northern English dialect frightening
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How to use flaysome in a sentence
Aw're forc't dray back a bit, at th' first, he glooart so flaysome.
Lancashire Sketches|Edwin WaughMartha was beginning to tell me of certain “flaysome” looks also, but I desired not to hear of them.
Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle|Clement K. ShorterNay, its flaysome to think on, it maks me low spirited,—let's sup off an' be gooin—its as ill as th' deead haase is this.
Seets I' Paris|John Hartley