What does scary mean?

Definitions for scary
ˈskɛər isca·ry

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word scary.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shudderyadjective

    provoking fear terror

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

Wiktionary

  1. scaryadjective

    Causing, or able to cause, fright

  2. Etymology: From scare + -y

ChatGPT

  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.

Webster Dictionary

  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.]

Wikidata

  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.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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. Amy Croom:

    It was a little scary.

  2. Szilard Kiss:

    Iluvien-implant is a cylindrical metallic thing that inside it has the steroid that is slowly released, we numb the patient around the eye, we make sure everything is sterile, and then we actually stick a needle in the eye. And the idea of sticking a needle in the eye sounds very scary but the results sort of bring patients back because it works.

  3. Amie May:

    I want people to know it’s out there, we have a virus that doesn’t have a cure, and that’s scary.

  4. Dima Zdor:

    I watch a lot of news from back home and it’s just upsetting how little villages and towns are getting destroyed and overtaken, just for the reason of politics, it’s sad. It’s scary. It’s uncomfortable to open Twitter or watch the news every day and be scared of what’s going on there that could affect my family, friends or team back home.

  5. Gayle King:

    I never thought he was going to hit me, after, Oprah and my kids Kirby and Will called me to ask if I was okay because it looked scary. But I was never worried he was going to hurt me.

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