Scary

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Causing fright or alarm.
  • adj. Easily scared; very timid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Causing, or able to cause, fright
  • adj. Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
  • adj. Subject to sudden alarm.
  • adj. Causing fright; alarming.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Scaring; causing or tending to cause a scare; causing fright: as, a scary situation.
  • Inclined to be scared; subject to scares; timid.
  • Somewhat alarmed or frightened; fluttered.
  • n. Poor land, having only a thin coat of grass.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. provoking fear terror
  • Equivalent
    alarming   
    Variant
    scarier    scariest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alarming    frightening   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Arie    Azeri    Barrie    Barry    Berri    Berry    Bury    Canary    Carey    Carrie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    frighten    creepy    disturb    frustrate    weird    Embarrass    spooky    funny    awesome    gruesome