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Definition of 'scary'English
Etymology 1
Adjective
( er)
Causing or able to cause fright
- The tiger's jaws were scary.
- She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
(US|colloquial|dated) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
- (Whittier)
* 1916 , Texas Department of Agriculture, Bulletin (issues 47-57), page 150:
- And let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare.
Synonyms
* (causing fright) frightening
Etymology 2
From dialectal English .
Noun
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
Anagrams
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