scary

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Synonyms: scry, scarf, scard, scar, scarp, scare, scaly, scarey, scart, stary, cary

Antonyms: scry, scarf, scard, scar, scarp, scare, scaly, scarey, scart, stary, cary

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Adjective

1. Causing fear or anxiety
   • The tiger's jaws were scary.
   • She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
   • He watched Conjuring but it was too scary for him.
2. Uncannily striking or surprising.
   • Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
3. Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

Adverb

1. To a scary extent; scarily.

Noun

1. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

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