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



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