Synonyms for scary


Grammar : Adj
Spell : skair-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɛər i

Top 10 synonyms for scary Other synonyms for the word scary

Définition 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

Antonyms for scary

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