Scary

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskeəɹi/
• enPR: skâr'Ä“

scare + -y

Full definition of scary

Adjective

1. Causing or able to cause frightThe tiger's jaws were scary.She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
2. (US, colloquial, dated) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
• 1916, Texas. Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin (issues 47-57, page 150)And let us say to these interests that, until the Buy-It-Made-In-Texas movement co-operates with the farmers, we are going to be a little scary of the snare.

Synonyms

• (causing fright) frightening

English dialect scare ("scraggy").

Noun