SCARY
chilling, scary, shivery, shuddery
(adjective) provoking fear terror; “a scary movie”; “the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
scary (comparative scarier, superlative scariest)
(now chiefly, informal) Causing or able to cause fright.
Synonyms: frightening, hair-raising, petrifying, terrifying, Thesaurus:frightening
(informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.
(US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
Synonyms: nervous, jumpy
Etymology 2
Noun
scary
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
Anagrams
• -crasy, Carys, Crays, carsy, crays, scray
Source: Wiktionary
Sca"ry, n. Etym: [Prov. E. scare scraggy.]
Definition: Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]
Scar"y, a. Etym: [From Scare.]
1. Subject to sudden alarm. [Colloq.U.S.] Whittier.
2. Causing fright; alarming. [Colloq.U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition