Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scary \Sca"ry\, n. [Prov. E. scare scraggy.]
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scary \Scar"y\, a. [From {Scare}.]
1. Subject to sudden alarm. [Colloq. U. S.] --Whittier.
2. Causing fright; alarming. [Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scary
adj : so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible
and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: {chilling},
{scarey}, {shivery}, {shuddery}]
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