scary
adjective
causing fright or alarm.
scarier
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comparativeof scary.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Did anything else happen today that is extremely relevant to this topic but in a much scarier way?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
What seems scarier: the body going or the mind going?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
On the scarier side, Wright says there's another place we can already see the combination of robotics and agentic AI: battlefield drones.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
“What’s even scarier than the skepticism around actual AI is that a lot of people are assuming real stuff is AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Nathan expected Nali to scream her head off, but what she did was even scarier and more unsettling.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
