scarier; scariest
1
: causing fright : alarming
a scary story
3
: feeling alarm or fright : frightened
Examples of scary in a Sentence
a scary movie that gave the child nightmares for weeks afterwards
a scary horse who spooked and kicked at its own shadow
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The filmmakers used the sounds of babies crying to make a scary noise
In the film, the bad people go to a bad afterlife, and they’re taken there by creepy, inky shadow things.
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Drew MacKie, People.com, 13 July 2025
Some of it was pretty scary, but Lu was very supportive and helpful, and so was his producer, Matt.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
He’s got that leading-man energy that, for that part, was just super-fun, this very scary, almost James Bond villain, or Mission: Impossible.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2025
What seemed scarier, perhaps, was that the team doing the damage spent most of the season fighting to crawl out of the league’s cellar.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
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Drew MacKie, People.com, 13 July 2025
Some of it was pretty scary, but Lu was very supportive and helpful, and so was his producer, Matt.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
He’s got that leading-man energy that, for that part, was just super-fun, this very scary, almost James Bond villain, or Mission: Impossible.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2025
What seemed scarier, perhaps, was that the team doing the damage spent most of the season fighting to crawl out of the league’s cellar.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
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“Scary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scary. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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scary
adjective
ˈske(ə)r-ē 
ˈska(ə)r-
scarier; scariest
1
: causing fright : alarming
a scary movie
2
: easily scared : timid
3
: feeling alarm or fright : scared, frightened
scary feeling
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