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scary [ˈskɛərɪ] adj scarier, scariest Informal
1. causing fear or alarm; frightening 2. easily roused to fear; timid ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
scary adjective (Informal) frightening, alarming, terrifying, shocking, chilling, horrifying, intimidating, horrendous, hairy (slang), unnerving, spooky (informal), creepy (informal), hair-raising, spine-chilling, bloodcurdling I think prison is going to be a scary thing for Harry. Translations scary [ˈskɛərɪ] ADJ (scarier (compar) (scariest (superl))) [face, house, person, monster] → que da miedo; [moment] → espeluznante it was really scary → daba verdadero miedo a scary film → una película de miedo that's a scary thought → ésa es una idea espeluznante scary adj (+er) (inf) → unheimlich; film → grus(e)lig (inf); it was pretty scary → da konnte man schon Angst kriegen (inf); that’s a scary thought → das ist ein beängstigender Gedanke scary [ˈskɛərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → che fa paura scary [ˈskɛərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → che fa paura How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No--nothing, except he seems so scary, and keeps his doors locked night and day both, and when you knock he won't let you in till he opens the door a crack and sees who it is. She was a big one, and she was coming in a hurry, too, looking like a black cloud with rows of glow-worms around it; but all of a sudden she bulged out, big and scary, with a long row of wide-open furnace doors shining like red-hot teeth, and her monstrous bows and guards hanging right over us. "Ay," continued the old man, in a voice, which betrayed how powerfully his own faculties retained the impression of the spectacle, "I have been a dweller in forests, and in the wilderness for three-score and ten years, and if any can pretend to know the world, or to have seen scary sights, it is myself |
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