scary
causing fright or alarm.
easily frightened; timid.
Origin of scary
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It might seem scary to imagine getting infected by the coronavirus on purpose, but attenuated-virus vaccines are common.
Synthetic biologists have created a slow-growing version of the coronavirus to give as a vaccine | David Rotman | September 16, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSomeone who uses fake names, fake addresses — it must be scary, or exciting, as filmmakers.
“People want to believe”: How Love Fraud builds an absorbing docuseries around a romantic con man | Alissa Wilkinson | September 4, 2020 | VoxWhile a cancer diagnosis at any age is scary and disorienting, it extracts a particularly powerful psychological and social toll on young adults.
It has been surprising to me that we haven’t done better in our response, surprising and deeply saddening and scary.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430) | Stephen J. Dubner | August 27, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe problem of China’s one-sided Internet policies and even scarier efforts requires a serious, unified global response.
The point of publishing all the scary stats is not to dissuade people from being professional musicians.
Being in an indie band is running a never-ending, rewarding, scary, low-margin small business.
Why are “threats,” unlike other scary speech, outside the protection of the First Amendment?
Does Free Speech Cover Murder Fantasies? The Supreme Court’s Definition of a ‘Threat’ | Geoffrey R. Stone | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to most patients, it sounds scary, and it can give rise to its own complications.
The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation | Nick Tabor | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHearing that is a lot easier than hearing something else, but it is not less, well, humiliating and scary, I guess.
I was scared, all right, and wanted to run, because fighting always is scary until after you get started.
The Boy Scouts of Bob's Hill | Charles Pierce BurtonWho is it that was afraid to go into the big woods, and thought it was a forest filled with wild beasts and scary things?
David Dunne | Belle Kanaris Maniates“The old woman,” he said, “would feel sort of scary-like” until things had well blown over.
The Boy Settlers | Noah BrooksI did look scary, father; so, when I heard you coming, I hid under the couch because I did not want you to see me.
Bee and Butterfly | Lucy Foster MadisonKnowing how scary he naturally was, I gave but little faith to him.
Reminiscences of a Private | Frank M. Mixson
British Dictionary definitions for scary
/ (ˈskɛərɪ) /
causing fear or alarm; frightening
easily roused to fear; timid
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