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- pronunciation:
- skeI
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| inflections: |
scarier, scariest |
| definition: |
causing fear; frightening.
They don't let their little boy watch scary movies.The voice coming out of the darkness was scary.
- synonyms:
- frightening
- similar words:
- alarming, appalling, eerie, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, hair-raising, horrible, horror, macabre, monstrous
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| related words: |
eerie, formidable, horrible, macabre, monstrous |
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| derivation: |
scariness (n.) |
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