φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth
P. and V. δεινός, φοβερός, φρικώδης (Dem. 644). V. δύσχιμος, ἔμφοβος, σμερδνός.
with dreadful looks: V. δεινώψ; see. grim.