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scarier

scarier is the comparative form of scary.

Meaning of scary

Adjective

scary (comparative scarier, superlative scariest)

  1. (informal) Causing fear or anxiety
    • The tiger's jaws were scary.
  2. (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.
    • Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
  3. (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
    • “Whist! whist!” said Natty, in a low voice, on hearing a slight sound made by Elizabeth, in bending over the side of the canoe, in eager curiosity; “’tis a sceary animal, and it’s a far stroke for a spear. […]”1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 5, in The Pioneers, volume 2, New York: Charles Wiley, the UK edition of the same year has scary (p. 262), page 77
    Synonyms:
    nervous, jumpy

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Questions about scarier

What is scarier the comparative form of?
Scarier is the comparative form of scary.

Words near scarier in the dictionary

  1. scari
  2. scariant
  3. scariants
  4. scarid
  5. scarids
  6. scarier
  7. scaries
  8. scariest
  9. scarification
  10. scarifications
  11. scarificator

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