Scary Definition

skârē
scarier, scariest
adjective
scarier, scariest
Causing alarm; frightening.
Webster's New World
Easily frightened.
Webster's New World

(US, colloquial, dated) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.

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Antonyms:
noun
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
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Other Word Forms of Scary

Adjective

Base Form:
scary
Comparative:
scarier
Superlative:
scariest

Origin of Scary

  • English dialect scare (“scraggy").

    From Wiktionary

  • scare +"Ž -y

    From Wiktionary

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