Definition of SCARY

scary

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • provoking fear terror
    • "a scary movie"

Adj

  • Causing fear or anxiety
  • Uncannily striking or surprising.
  • Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

Adv

  • To a scary extent; scarily.

Noun

  • Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Origin / Etymology

From scare + -y.

Synonyms

affreux, alarming, appalling, awful, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, chilling, dismayful, dreadful, fearful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, hair-curling, hair-raising, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, jumpy, nervous, petrifying, pulse-pounding, scarey, scaring, scary, shivery, shocking, shuddery, skin-crawling, terrible, terrifying, terrorsome

Scrabble Score: 10

scary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scary is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

scary is a valid Words With Friends word