Definitions for scary
ˈskɛər isca·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shudderyadjective

   provoking fear terror

   "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

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1. scaryadjective

   Causing, or able to cause, fright

2. Etymology: From scare + -y

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1. scary

   Scary refers to something or an experience that causes fear, anxiety, or fright. It usually pertains to things that are frightening or alarming, often associated with danger, harm or threat. This term can be used to describe various situations, objects, or even feelings that induce a sense of fear or dread.

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1. Scarynoun

   barren land having only a thin coat of grass

2. Scaryadjective

   subject to sudden alarm

3. Scaryadjective

   causing fright; alarming

4. Etymology: [Prov. E. scare scraggy.]

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1. Scary

   Scary is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. Its post office closed in 1931. The community is located at the mouth of Scary Creek on the Kanawha River along U.S. Route 35.

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1. Scary

   skār′i, adj. causing fright: timid: fluttered.

Anagrams for scary »

1. Carys

2. crays

3. ascry

4. scray

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of scary in a Sentence

1. Susan Swearer:

   Well, what are they like ? and I'm like, they're a kid... They're not like some scary kid. It's just a kid. So I think that that's kind of a myth too. This idea that somehow a kid who bullies is the scary kid. More often than not, they're just a kid and they've made some poor choices.

2. Paula Martinez:

   It's scary, it's very scary, we're going to move out of here.

3. Chuck Palahniuk:

   People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.

4. Rupert Grint:

   I am the biggest "Harry Potter" fan; I even was before I knew there was going to be a film. I read all the books. The fourth one is amazing. It's scary, but I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience. In the third book, I like all the bits about Scabbers being an Animagus. And I like that Ron gets an owl.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   What's scary about Trump is you open -- there are a lot of people out there who feel certain ways and you see somebody who is running for president say these things, 'Whoa! Trump said that! I can say that! I can beat up the Muslim in my community! I can be a racist on a college campus now, because that's the climate.' So you're right, it is scary.

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