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scary


adjective, scar·i·er, scar·i·est.

  1. causing fright or alarm.
  2. easily frightened; timid.

adjective scarier or scariest informal

  1. causing fear or alarm; frightening
  2. easily roused to fear; timid

adj.also scarey, “terrifying,” 1580s, from scare (n.) + -y (2). Meaning “easily frightened, subject to scares” is from 1800. Related: Scarier; scariest.

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