adj
adv
noun
Freq #2053
Meanings
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1
adj
Causing fear or worry; frightening.
We watched a scary movie last night.
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2
adj
Surprising in a striking, almost unsettling way.
It is scary how much she looks like her mother.
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Word family
Forms
scarierscariest
Derived forms
nonscaryscariesscarilyscarinessscarisomescary-assscarysomeunscary
Etymology
From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”).