scary
Americanadjective
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causing fright or alarm.
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easily frightened; timid.
adjective
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causing fear or alarm; frightening
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easily roused to fear; timid
Etymology
Origin of scary
Example Sentences
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Three years earlier, a University of Toronto team identified the neurons that lit up when a mouse was exposed to a scary stimulus — in this case, a sound that earlier accompanied a shock.
From Los Angeles Times
Production was scary because our production on the movie was such a challenge and it was a traumatic experience.
From Los Angeles Times
“I wanted to laugh with them and sometimes their naivete is funny and endearing. But I never wanted to ridicule them. Of course, it’s a very scary thing to try and do.”
From Los Angeles Times
“It was scary, but it opened a door for other Latinos, and this space has grown so much since.”
From Los Angeles Times
Communicate how scary that would be for you.
From MarketWatch
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