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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
Recent Examples of scary from the Web
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Luckily, there have been huge improvements in gel technology, and many brands have converted to LED curing, which doesn't have the scary UV side effects.
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That is a scary thought for Pike or anyone else coming up on the schedule.
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I’ve been told that things got scary, his heart slowed down and an emergency C-section was looming.
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A scarier prospect for him than any Democrat could be a primary challenge from Republican Lt.
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And just like that, thanks to these local hooligans, Halloween costumes became scary, spooky, funny, and creative all at the same time.
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But the next boss will have to deal with an income statement that is scarier than the Thane of Cawdor.
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The trailer opens with a clip in which Trump mocks global-warming orthodoxy; this is followed by a rapid-fire sequence of scary weather videos narrated by Gore in a mournful voice-over.
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Only two possibly-frightening creatures took the stage, walking stick insects that loomed large over the other bugs, but the reactions of the ladybug and her suitor made it a funny moment, not a scary one.
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First Known Use of scary
1582
scary Synonyms
Synonyms
alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, fearful, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifyingAntonyms
adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, gutsy, hardy, venturesome, venturousRelated Words
daunting, demoralizing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismaying, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, startling, threatening, troubling, trying, unnerving; bone-chilling, creepy, eerie (also eery), weird; appalling, atrocious, awful, grisly, gruesome (also grewsome), hideous, horrid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarishNear Antonyms
calming, comforting, consoling, inviting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, reassuring, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing); nonintimidating, nonthreateningSCARY Defined for English Language Learners
SCARY Defined for Kids
scary
play
adjective
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ˈsker-ē
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Definition of scary for Students
scarier;
scariest
:causing fright
- a scary movie
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