scary
[skair-ee]
- causing fright or alarm.
- easily frightened; timid.
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Origin of scary
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Related Words for scarier
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Contemporary Examples of scarier
Halloween in France suddenly got scarier than anybody wanted.
But still, HPV carries a lot of unknown health consequences, which makes it scarier.
“Hologram Michael Jackson was scarier than the ‘Thriller’ video,” said Buzzfeed.
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May 19, 2014
Being a grown-up, it turns out, is harder—and scarier—than it looks.
The demon child, played by a quite convincing Isabelle Fuhrman, is frankly terrifying—nothing is scarier than a youth possessed.
scary
- causing fear or alarm; frightening
- easily roused to fear; timid
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