English Explanatory Dictionary

scary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing fear or anxiety
  2. Uncannily striking or surprising.
  3. Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
adv
  1. To a scary extent; scarily.
noun
  1. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Pronunciation

skâr'ē /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ /ˈskɛː.ɹi/ /ˈskɛɹ.i/ En-us-scary.ogg /ˈskeːɹi/ /ˈskeəɹi/ /ˈskiəɹi/ /ˈskeɹɪ/ /ˈskeɹe/ /ˈskɜːɹɪ/

Word forms

scary scarier scariest scarey

Etymology

From scare + -y.

Synonyms

frightening hair-raising petrifying terrifying affreux alarming spine-tingling appalling awful eldritch buggish butt-clenching buttock-clenching dismayful dreadful fearful flaysome flesh-crawling formidable freaky frightensome frightful ghastly ghostly grisly hair-curling horrible horrid horrific horrifying horripilating pulse-pounding scaring scary shocking skin-crawling terrible terrorsome nervous jumpy

Derived words

nonscary scaries scarily scariness scarisome scary-ass scary devil monastery scary sharp scarysome Sunday scaries unscary
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