Antonyms for scary

Grammar : Adj

Spell : skair-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɛər i

Definition of scary

Origin : also scarey, "terrifying," 1580s, from scare (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "easily frightened, subject to scares" is from 1800. Related: Scarier; scariest.

adj frightening, terrifying

Example sentences :

But piracy in the far future, when presented as vividly as in this story, can be scary stuff.
Extract from : « This One Problem » by M. C. Pease

They said they had heard that "soldiers had come to catch we," and "we were scary."
Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various

And the scenery-wavery stuff and the warped Park-sounds were scary too.
Extract from : « No Great Magic » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Mrs. Cow's ten times as big as Katie Cottontail, but she's just as scary.
Extract from : « Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures » by David Cory

It took more than that, although he was a scary little chap.
Extract from : « Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures » by David Cory

Theres a vacant bedreally, thats one reason why the room is so scary.
Extract from : « Girls of Highland Hall » by Carolyn Watson Rankin

The scary rabbit is an impetuous, tyrannous and jealous lover.
Extract from : « The Natural Philosophy of Love » by Remy de Gourmont

It is scary and most spooky at night, but by day it is so old, so massive, so grand.
Extract from : « The Rope of Gold » by Roy J. Snell

He was sure wild and scary of railroads, towns, or a strange house.
Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock

Knowing how scary he naturally was, I gave but little faith to him.
Extract from : « Reminiscences of a Private » by Frank M. Mixson

Synonyms for scary

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