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scary /ˈskɛːri /adjective (scarier, scariest) informal1Frightening; causing fear: a scary movie...- He kept trying to frighten me - waiting until a really scary bit and then grabbing my arm suddenly.
- It's a scary movie that expertly plays on some traditional and commonplace fears.
- It was a bit scary because the large ferries were steaming past us and at one point we were even dive-bombed by seagulls.
Synonyms frightening, scaring, hair-raising, terrifying, petrifying, spine-chilling, blood-curdling, chilling, horrifying, alarming, appalling, daunting, formidable, fearsome, nerve-racking, unnerving; eerie, sinister informal creepy, spine-tingling, spooky, hairy 1.1Uncannily striking or surprising: it was scary the way they bonded with each other...- It sounded posh enough, although I suspected the prices might be a bit scary.
- I can't think why anyone would want to attack her - that's what makes it more scary.
- I couldn't be in love so soon… it was a scary thought.
Derivativesscarily adverb ...- As I've been telling people for 32 years, the stock market will fluctuate, sometimes very scarily.
- He was 25, which isn't old; but neither is it scarily young.
- His scarily unbalanced wife believes that there's something else going on: a conspiracy.
scariness noun ...- I didn't believe in the Argyle Monster, but that was the opposite of comforting, because I believed even more in the scariness of the woods in general.
- In the weeks since, as we've told the story to a succession of friends and relatives, it has shed scariness and taken on humor.
- I watched it during the day which destroyed most of its scariness, but I can see how it would have scared me, had I watched late at night on my own.
Rhymesairy, Azeri, canary, carabinieri, Carey, Cary, chary, clary, contrary, dairy, Dari, faerie, glairy, glary, Guarneri, hairy, lairy, miserere, nary, Nyerere, prairie, Salieri, Tipperary, vary, wary |