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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)
Synonyms for Scary:
adj.
• eerie (adjective)- ghostly,
- weird,
- superstitious,
- scary,
- fantastic,
- spectral,
- supernatural,
- bizarre,
- mysterious,
- strange.
- vampiric,
- cadaverous,
- eidolic,
- wraithlike,
- pale,
- holy,
- ghostlike,
- wan,
- insubstantial,
- deathlike,
- wraithy,
- phantasmal,
- divine,
- spiritual,
- illusory,
- phantom,
- corpselike,
- apparitional,
- haunted,
- shadowy.
- chancy,
- Jeopardous,
- unsound,
- unhealthy,
- uncertain,
- difficult,
- hazardous,
- perilous,
- risky,
- wicked,
- treacherous.
- 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,
- not of this world,
- sickie,
- uncanny,
- demoniac,
- unearthly,
- Crawly,
- bloodcurdling,
- traumatic,
- Hyperphysical.
- foreboding,
- tormenting,
- Looming,
- threatening,
- bullying,
- warning,
- Hinting,
- admonishing,
- forewarning,
- Browbeating.
n.
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- dreadful,
- fear,
- redoubtable,
- tremendous,
- formidable,
- appalling,
- dire.
- 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:
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- direful,
- stomach-churning,
- unthinkable,
- stygian,
- nightmarish,
- dreaded,
- ghoulish,
- gloomy,
- harrowing,
- heart-stopping,
- menacing.
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- chill.
- 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.
- 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:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
frightening.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Other Related
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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.
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Noun, singular or mass
spooky.
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Verb, base form
spooky.
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Adjective
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.
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