scary

== English == === Alternative forms === scarey (dated) === Etymology 1 === From scare + -y. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: skâr'ē IPA(key): /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, /ˈskɛː.ɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, /ˈskɛɹ.i/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈskeːɹi/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈskeəɹi/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈskiəɹi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈskeɹɪ/, /ˈskeɹe/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈskɜːɹɪ/ Homophone: skerry (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger) Rhymes: -ɛəɹi ==== Adjective ==== scary (comparative scarier, superlative scariest) (now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety Synonyms: frightening, hair-raising, petrifying, terrifying; see also Thesaurus:frightening (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising. (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened. Synonyms: nervous, jumpy ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== scary (not comparable) (informal) To a scary extent; scarily. === Etymology 2 === From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”). ==== Noun ==== scary Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. === Anagrams === -crasy, Carys, Crays, carsy, crays, scray