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scar·y  (skâr)
adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est
1. Causing fright or alarm.
2. Easily scared; very timid.

scari·ly adv.
scari·ness n.

scary [ˈskɛərɪ]
adj scarier, scariest Informal
1. causing fear or alarm; frightening
2. easily roused to fear; timid
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.scary - provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

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 scarydaba verdadero miedo
a scary filmuna película de miedo
that's a scary thoughtésa es una idea espeluznante

scary [ˈskɛəri] adjqui fiche la frousse >
It was really scary
BUT C'était vraiment effrayant.

scary
adj (+er) (inf)
unheimlich; filmgrus(e)lig (inf); it was pretty scaryda konnte man schon Angst kriegen (inf); that’s a scary thoughtdas ist ein beängstigender Gedanke
(= nervous) horse, personschreckhaft; (= easily worried)ängstlich

scary [ˈskɛərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → che fa paura
scary [ˈskɛərɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → che fa paura

scary مخيف strašidelný skræmmende gruselig τρομακτικός espeluznante pelottava effrayant strašan spaventoso 怖い 무시무시한 eng skremmende budzący strach assustador страшный skrämmande น่าตกใจ korkutucu đáng sợ 引起惊慌的


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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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