Scary

[Sca·ry]

If something is scary, it makes you afraid, or scared. Horror films scary movies are a very popular genre. Apparently people like to be frightened.

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Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Adjective S.
so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"


n.
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

a.
Subject to sudden alarm.

a.
Causing fright; alarming.


Scary

Sca"ry , n. [Prov. E. scare scraggy.] Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]

Scary

Scar"y , a. [From Scare.] 1. Subject to sudden alarm. [Colloq.U.S.] Whittier. 2. Causing fright; alarming. [Colloq.U.S.]

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Subject to sudden alarm.

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Usage Examples

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

I have mostly been terrified of listening to scary stories around a campfire. We camp a lot as a family, and at night my dad would try and tell us scary stories. This made eating s'mores difficult. The story would start with something like... 'and the old man who lived in these woods...' I would then run back into the camper terrified.

As with real reading, the ability to comprehend subtlety and complexity comes only with time and a lot of experience. If you don't adequately acquire those skills, moving out into the real world of real people can actually become quite scary.

I find writing very difficult. It's hard and it hurts sometimes, and it's scary because of the fear of failure and the very unpleasant feeling that you may have reached the limit of your abilities.

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing.

I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life.

I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.

Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.

I love scary movies. I like blood and gore, and I love Halloween movies.

I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.

I can't watch scary movies right now, because living on my own, it kind of freaks me out.

I grew up watching Steven Spielberg and scary movies.

I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.

Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

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