scary

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: scar=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

scary, n. [Prov. E. scare scraggy.].

 Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.  [1913 Webster]

scary, a. [From Scare.].

•  Subject to sudden alarm.  Whittier.  [1913 Webster]
•  Causing fright; alarming.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

scary, adj. (scarier, scariest) colloq. scaring, frightening.

Derivative

scarily adv.

THESAURUS

scary

aghast, alarming, anxious, awing, bashful, chilling, cowardly, crawly, creepy, daunting, deterrent, deterring, diffident, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, eerie, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearing, fearsome, frightened, frightening, frightful, goosy, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrifying, in fear, intimidating, jumpy, mousy, nervous, overawing, rabbity, scared, scaring, shaky, shivery, shrinking, shy, skittery, skittish, spine-chilling, spooky, startling, startlish, terrified, terrifying, timid, timorous, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy