scary B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ UK /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #2053 Meanings 1 adj Causing fear or worry; frightening. We watched a scary movie last night. 2 adj Surprising in a striking, almost unsettling way. It is scary how much she looks like her mother. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · causing fear or worry;... alarmingfrighteningchilling Word family Forms scarierscariest Derived forms nonscaryscariesscarilyscarinessscarisomescary-assscarysomeunscary Common collocations scary movie Adjective + noun Etymology From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”). Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # scary **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 2053 ## Meanings 1. Causing fear or worry; frightening. 2. Surprising in a striking, almost unsettling way. ## Examples - We watched a scary movie last night. - It is scary how much she looks like her mother. ## Derived Forms - nonscary - scaries - scarily - scariness - scarisome - scary-ass - scarysome - unscary ## Etymology From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”). ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown