313 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ skˈe͡əɹi], [ skˈe‍əɹi], [ s_k_ˈeə_ɹ_i]

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Similar words for scary:

• eerie (adjective)
• frightening, terrifying (adjective)
• ghostly (adjective)
• hairy (adjective)
• horrible (adjective)
• horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
• macabre (adjective)
• nightmarish (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• threatening (adjective)
• uncanny (adjective)
• unearthly (adjective)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for scary

Homophones for scary

Synonyms for Scary:

• adj.

  • eerie (adjective)
  • ghostly,
  • weird,
  • superstitious,
  • scary,
  • fantastic,
  • spectral,
  • supernatural,
  • bizarre,
  • mysterious,
  • strange.
  • frightening, terrifying (adjective)
  • unnerving.
  • ghostly (adjective)
  • vampiric,
  • cadaverous,
  • eidolic,
  • wraithlike,
  • pale,
  • holy,
  • ghostlike,
  • wan,
  • insubstantial,
  • deathlike,
  • wraithy,
  • phantasmal,
  • divine,
  • spiritual,
  • illusory,
  • phantom,
  • corpselike,
  • apparitional,
  • haunted,
  • shadowy.
  • hairy (adjective)
  • chancy,
  • Jeopardous,
  • unsound,
  • unhealthy,
  • uncertain,
  • difficult,
  • hazardous,
  • perilous,
  • risky,
  • wicked,
  • treacherous.
  • horrible (adjective)
  • more sickie,
  • fairier,
  • most sickie,
  • fairiest.
  • horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
  • disagreeable,
  • awful,
  • gruesome,
  • scandalous,
  • revolting,
  • mean,
  • offensive,
  • disgusting,
  • execrable,
  • loathsome,
  • hideous,
  • detestable,
  • shameful,
  • heinous,
  • repellent,
  • abhorrent,
  • unholy,
  • abominable,
  • ungodly,
  • beastly,
  • obnoxious,
  • unkind,
  • cruel,
  • lousy.
  • macabre (adjective)
  • morbid,
  • spookish,
  • deathly.
  • nightmarish (adjective)
  • ominous,
  • petrifying,
  • hellish.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • macabre,
  • not of this world,
  • sickie,
  • uncanny,
  • demoniac,
  • unearthly,
  • Crawly,
  • bloodcurdling,
  • traumatic,
  • Hyperphysical.
  • threatening (adjective)
  • foreboding,
  • tormenting,
  • Looming,
  • threatening,
  • bullying,
  • warning,
  • Hinting,
  • admonishing,
  • forewarning,
  • Browbeating.
  • uncanny (adjective)
  • magical,
  • prodigious,
  • supranormal,
  • superhuman,
  • mystifying,
  • incredible,
  • astounding,
  • exceptional,
  • extraordinary,
  • supernormal,
  • secret,
  • unheard of,
  • singular,
  • unheard-of,
  • queer,
  • astonishing,
  • Inexplainable,
  • miraculous,
  • inspired,
  • remarkable,
  • extra ordinary.
  • unearthly (adjective)
  • hyper physical,
  • not of world,
  • un reasonable,
  • un-reasonable,
  • not this world,
  • most hyperphysical,
  • hyper-physical,
  • un-earthly,
  • more demoniac,
  • more hyperphysical,
  • un-earthliest,
  • un earthliest,
  • not world,
  • un earthly,
  • un-earthlier,
  • most demoniac,
  • sub lime,
  • un earthlier,
  • sub-lime.

• n.

  •
  • dreadful,
  • fear,
  • redoubtable,
  • tremendous,
  • formidable,
  • appalling,
  • dire.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • ghastly,
  • anxious,
  • daunting,
  • trigger-happy,
  • aghast,
  • skittish,
  • goosy,
  • spine-chilling,
  • mousy,
  • hair-raising,
  • jumpy,
  • Fearing,
  • shaky,
  • trepidant,
  • bashful,
  • dismaying,
  • eerie,
  • frightened,
  • grim,
  • horrendous,
  • skittery,
  • intimidating,
  • fearsome,
  • grisly,
  • diffident,
  • tremulous,
  • cowardly,
  • horrid,
  • startling,
  • timid,
  • creepy,
  • discouraging,
  • Overawing,
  • Scaring,
  • shy,
  • spine-tingling,
  • apprehensive,
  • timorous,
  • fearful,
  • trembling,
  • in fear,
  • hairy,
  • white-knuckle,
  • Startlish,
  • awesome,
  • rabbity,
  • disheartening,
  • lurid,
  • shrinking,
  • awing,
  • nervous,
  • disquieting,
  • disconcerting,
  • deterrent,
  • fear-inspiring,
  • Deterring.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • direful,
  • stomach-churning,
  • unthinkable,
  • stygian,
  • nightmarish,
  • dreaded,
  • ghoulish,
  • gloomy,
  • harrowing,
  • heart-stopping,
  • menacing.
  •
  • frighteningly.
  •
  • chill.
  • Other relevant words:
  • shivery,
  • dragon,
  • nasty,
  • goblin,
  • cannibal,
  • villain,
  • evil,
  • scared,
  • black hole,
  • horrifying,
  • wyvern,
  • ghost,
  • monster,
  • terrified,
  • giant,
  • shuddery,
  • frightful,
  • leviathan,
  • fog,
  • darkness,
  • alarming,
  • scarey,
  • terrible,
  • demon,
  • freaky,
  • horrible,
  • devil,
  • titan,
  • sin,
  • worrisome,
  • frightening,
  • vampire,
  • disturbing,
  • ogre,
  • spooky,
  • terrifying,
  • shocking,
  • chilling.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • dastard,
  • distressing,
  • coward,
  • Affrighted,
  • absurd,
  • fainthearted,
  • Feared,
  • ugly,
  • dastardly,
  • atrocious,
  • kafkaesque,
  • agonizing,
  • malefic,
  • forbidding,
  • unnerved,
  • gross,
  • dangerous,
  • exasperating,
  • shamefaced,
  • unreal,
  • monstrous,
  • frustrating,
  • alarmed,
  • flagitious,
  • horrific,
  • grotesque,
  • villainous,
  • precarious,
  • preternatural,
  • chickenhearted,
  • poltroon,
  • repulsive,
  • ludicrous,
  • terrorized,
  • afraid,
  • worrying,
  • dread,
  • maleficent,
  • spooked,
  • paralysing,
  • demonic,
  • malevolent,
  • grievous,
  • hysterical,
  • unnatural,
  • tricky,
  • outrageous,
  • horrified,
  • eery,
  • Fiendish,
  • devilish,
  • recreant,
  • horror-struck,
  • nerve-racking,
  • shocked,
  • diabolical,
  • iniquitous,
  • ghost-like,
  • disproportionate,
  • blood-curdling,
  • funky,
  • sinister,
  • nerve-wracking.

Paraphrases for Scary:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    frightening.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    awesome, bad, chilling, crazy, formidable, funny, ghastly, nasty, nervous, sacred, terrific, wicked, worried, worrying, unsettling.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    alarming, appalling, awful, daunting, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightened, frightful, grim, gruesome, hairy, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, intimidating, nerve-racking, ominous, shocking, spooky, staggering, startling, terrible, terrifying, troubling, ugly, worrisome.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    spooky.
  • Verb, base form
    spooky.

Homophones for Scary:

• sea-ear, seizure, sherry, shaker, soaker, sugar, shearer, serra, sugary, sakkara, soar, sea hare, saqqara, serer, swaggerer, scour, sciara, Sauce Chausseur, sauria, scare away, scouser, seer, saussure, saury, screwy, shirr, sorry, screw eye, seashore, scarer, sahuaro, sere, screw, shear, succory, sierra, sukur, shari, scoria, seizer, succour, square, sure, score, share, sahara, saucer, saguaro, sir, sower, shocker, sour, sawyer, sr, showery, sarah, succorer, shareware, sucker, sharer, sirrah, Skerry, shorea, sari, skier, squawker, succourer, soccer, succor, scare, saussurea, secure, sheer, scurry, scissor, successor, swagger, shrew, squire, sewer, sokoro, saree, shore, suer, sucre, soiree, shower, scar, sore, seeger, surya, surrey, sorrower, swayer, shariah, swearer, shirer, securer, sear, sorrow, scissure, ssri, scourer, sixer, squeezer, sharia, sura, SACEUR, souari, sire, Scry, sur, sr., serow, seeker, square away, skewer, scorer, scarey, squeaker, shire, syria, swear, saqqarah, scree.