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scaresome

Syllables: scare·some/ˈskeɹsəm/

scaresome adjective: characterised or marked by scariness; frightful.

Adjective

scaresome (comparative more scaresome, superlative most scaresome)

  1. Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful.
    • But I do remember a scaresome fight at the end of Broagh Road, just a couple of hundred yards from our house in Mossbawn.2008, Dennis O'Driscoll, Seamus Heaney, Stepping Stones
    • She looked like a raven about to take flight, half bird, half woman, like she'd sprouted wings from her shoulders. I couldn't see where her arms ended and the cape began. It was stunning and scaresome all at the same time.2011, Bernie McGill, The Butterfly Cabinet

Forms of scaresome

comparativemore scaresome
superlativemost scaresome

Origin of scaresome

From scare + -some.

Words formed from scaresome

Questions about scaresome

What does scaresome mean?
Scaresome means characterised or marked by scariness; frightful.
What part of speech is scaresome?
Scaresome is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scaresome?
Scaresome is pronounced /ˈskeɹsəm/.

Words near scaresome in the dictionary

  1. scares the life out of
  2. scares the living daylights out of
  3. scares the pants off
  4. scares the shit out of
  5. scares up
  6. scaresome
  7. scaresomely
  8. scarest
  9. scareth
  10. scareware
  11. scarey

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