scary
IPA: skˈɛri
noun
- Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
adjective
- (now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety
- (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.
- (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
adverb
- (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.
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Examples of "scary" in Sentences
- The word "scary" was bandied about quite frequently.
- Every single time the response was always tagged with the word 'scary.'
- Every single time the response was always tagged with the word 'scary.' â¨Ââ¨
- But, what's truly scary, is that the Democraps are now crying racism when someone doesn't agree with the great and mighty Obamanation.
- KAYE: Wolfson hopes the more time people have to think about it, the more they'll be able to ignore what he calls the scary ad campaign.
- Emerging from what he called scary times in the recession, he's franchised a second neighborhood gym in southeast Portland and plans to open a third on his own.
- She had struggled with regular depression for most of her life, but things got so much worse after the birth of her first child 20 years ago, so bad she even had what she called scary thoughts, like drowning her infant son.
- KAYE: In the last CNN/Opinion Research poll, 55 percent did not want to legalize same-sex marriage, but Wolfson hopes the more time people have to think about it, the more they'll be able to ignore what he calls the scary ad campaigns.
- KAYE (voice-over): In the last CNN/Opinion Research poll, 55 percent did not want to legalize same-sex marriage, but Wolfson hopes the more time people have to think about it, the more they'll be able to ignore what he calls the scary ad campaigns.
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