scary

English

Etymology

From scare + -y

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskeəɹi/
• enPR: skâr'ē

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Adjective

scary (comparative scarier, superlative scariest)

1. Causing, or able to cause, fright

   The tiger's jaws were scary.

2. (US, colloquial, dated) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Whittier to this entry?)

Synonyms

• frightening

Translations

causing, or able to cause, fright

Arabic: مُجَفّل (mujáffil) Chinese: 恐怖 (kǒngbù) Czech: nahání (cs) Danish: skræmmende (da), uhyggelig (da) Dutch: eng (nl) Esperanto: timiga (eo) French: sinistre (fr) German: schrecklich, furchterregend, beängstigend Hebrew: מפחיד (he) (mafkhíd) m. Hungarian: ijesztő (hu)

Italian: pauroso (it) Japanese: 恐い (こわい, kowai) Latin: terribilis Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: ترسناک (fa) (tarsnâk), بیمناک (fa) (bimnâk) Polish: straszny, przerażający m. Portuguese: assustador (pt) Russian: страшный (ru) (strášnyj), ужасный (ru) (užásnyj) Spanish: asustadizo (es), alarmante (es) Swedish: läskig (sv)

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