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Synonyms & Antonyms of scary
1
causing fear
- a scary movie that gave the child nightmares for weeks afterwards
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2
easily frightened
- a scary horse who spooked and kicked at its own shadow
Synonyms for scary
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- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- chicken-livered,
- cowardly,
- craven,
- dastardly,
- gutless,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered
- [archaic],
- poltroon,
- pusillanimous,
- spineless,
- unheroic,
- yellow
Near Antonyms for scary
- brave,
- courageous,
- dauntless,
- doughty,
- fearless,
- gallant,
- greathearted,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- intrepid,
- lionhearted,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- undaunted,
- valiant,
- valorous
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3
filled with fear or dread
- I got a little scary when I heard the noise in the basement
Synonyms for scary
- affrighted,
- afraid,
- aghast,
- alarmed,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- horrified,
- horror-struck,
- hysterical
- (also hysteric),
- scared,
- shocked,
- spooked,
- terrified,
- terrorized
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Near Antonyms for scary
- adventuresome,
- adventurous,
- audacious,
- bold,
- daredevil,
- daring,
- dashing,
- gutsy,
- plucky,
- spirited,
- spunky,
- venturesome,
- venturous
- brave,
- courageous,
- gallant,
- hardy,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- intrepid,
- lionhearted,
- manful,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- valiant,
- valorous
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“Scary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scary. Accessed 26 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of scary was in 1582
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