Definition of SCARY

scary

Adjective Satellite

  • provoking fear terror
    • "a scary movie"

Adj

  • Causing fear or anxiety
  • Uncannily striking or surprising.
  • Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

Adv

  • To a scary extent; scarily.

Noun

  • Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Adjective

  • Causing fear; frightening; alarming.

Examples

  • Drawing three blank tiles in a row can be a SCARY prospect in Scrabble.
  • He watched Conjuring but it was too scary for him.
  • Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
  • She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
  • The tiger's jaws were scary.

Origin / Etymology

From scare + -y.

Synonyms

chilling, scarey, shivery, shuddery, affreux, alarming, appalling, awful, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, jumpy, nervous, petrifying, pulse-pounding, scaring, scary, shocking, skin-crawling, terrible, terrifying, terrorsome

Scrabble Score: 10

scary: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scary: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scary: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

scary: valid Words With Friends Word