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- Dictionaryscary/ˈskɛːri/
adjective
- 1. frightening; causing fear: informal "a scary movie"
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adjective. informal (UK also scarey) uk / ˈskeə.ri / us / ˈsker.i / Add to word list. B1. frightening: a scary movie / story. Synonyms. chilling. fearsome formal. frightening. Fewer examples. She's a scary woman. I've always found him a bit scary. When you think how much power these people have, it's scary.
The meaning of SCARY is causing fright : alarming. How to use scary in a sentence.
Scary definition: causing fright or alarm.. See examples of SCARY used in a sentence.
Apparently people like to be frightened. Scary is more a more casual way to say "frightening," and you can also use it to describe something that's just bizarre or odd or exceptional: you've become such a good golfer, it's scary; or, you cleaned up you room so fast, it's scary.
Synonyms for SCARY: terrifying, frightening, formidable, horrible, terrible, intimidating, alarming, fearful; Antonyms of SCARY: reassuring, comforting, relaxing, soothing, calming, inviting, tranquilizing, consoling.
[informal] I think prison is going to be a scary thing for Harry. There's something very scary about him. [ + about] We watched scary movies. Synonyms: frightening, alarming, terrifying, shocking More Synonyms of scary. scarily (skeərɪli ) adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] B2. ...the scarily unstable new world order.
1. scary - provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge". chilling, scarey, shuddery, shivery. alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger.
Definition of scary adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meaning of scary – Learner’s Dictionary. scary. adjective. informal uk / ˈskeəri / us. Add to word list. B1. frightening: a scary place /woman. (Definition of scary from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of scary. in Chinese (Traditional) 駭人的，恐怖的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 吓人的，恐怖的… See more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English scar‧y, scarey /ˈskeəri $ ˈskeri/ S1 adjective (comparative scarier, superlative scariest) informal frightening a scary moment a scary movie The book is both scary and funny. see thesaurus at frightening Examples from the Corpus scary • The stars and the street lights stopped it being too dar...
