scary
/'skeəri/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing fear or alarm: Describes something that induces a feeling of fear, fright, or unease.
- Easily frightened; timid: (Informal) Describes a person who is easily scared or nervous.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- That was a scary story you told around the campfire.
- Walking home alone in the dark can be a scary experience.
- (Informal) Don't be so scary; it's just a little spider.
Advanced Usage
- "too scary for words": Extremely frightening.
- The special effects in that horror movie were too scary for words.
- Used informally to describe intense or overwhelming situations beyond just fear.
- The final exam questions were scary difficult.
Variants and Related Words
- Scare (verb/noun): To frighten or become frightened; a sudden fright.
- The loud noise scared me.
- Scared (adjective): Feeling fear; frightened.
- She was scared of the dark.
- Scarily (adverb): In a frightening manner.
- The car swerved scarily close to the edge.
Synonyms
- Frightening: Causing fear or alarm.
- Terrifying: Causing extreme fear.
- Alarming: Causing sudden anxiety or fear.
- Spooky: (Informal) Eerie and frightening in a supernatural way.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
- Scare away/off: To cause someone or something to go away by frightening them.
- The loud music scared away the birds.
- Scare up: (Informal) To find or obtain something with some effort.
- I'll try to scare up some snacks for the party.
Related Idioms
- Scary movie: A film genre designed to frighten the audience.
- Run scared: To act out of fear or panic.
- After seeing the competition, the other team started to run scared.
Adjective
- provoking fear terror
- a scary movie
- the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge