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scarisome

scarisome adjective: characterised or marked by scariness; frightening.

Adjective

scarisome (comparative more scarisome, superlative most scarisome)

  1. Characterised or marked by scariness; frightening
    • "It too scarisome to you? You afraid they'll poison Paw-paw's dogs, too?"2000, Clay Harvey, Dwelling in the Gray
    • In any case, I couldn't wait any longer to bring up the important and frankly quite scarisome topic which was playing doolally weirdo things with my mind, so I Took The Plunge: 'Mu-um?'2010, Anna Wilson, Puppy Power

Forms of scarisome

comparativemore scarisome
superlativemost scarisome
alternative formscarysome

Origin of scarisome

From scary + -some.

Questions about scarisome

What does scarisome mean?
Scarisome means characterised or marked by scariness; frightening.
What part of speech is scarisome?
Scarisome is an adjective.

Words near scarisome in the dictionary

  1. scariose
  2. scarious
  3. scariously
  4. Scarisbrick
  5. Scarisbricks
  6. scarisome
  7. scaritid
  8. scaritids
  9. scaritine
  10. scaritines
  11. scaritoxin

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