scary

Meaning

Adj

1. (informal) Causing fear or anxiety
2. (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.
3. (colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

Adv

To a scary extent; scarily.

Noun

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Synonyms

frightening

dreadful

terrible

horrible

terrifying

frightful

dangerous

scarey

awful

horrendous

shocking

frightened

fearful

😨

horrific

intimidating

fearsome

shivery

shuddery

spooky

threatening

tremendous

alarming

weird

eerie

chilling

nightmarelike

appalling

calamitous

creepy

direful

eery

forbidden

formidable

grisly

hair-raising

hideous

horrifying

horror

ominous

perilous

risky

terrific

timid

timorous

uncanny

hair raising

dredful

white lipped

aghast

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɛəɹi/

Etymology

From scare + -y.