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skeary

skeary is the pronunciation spelling 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

See all 5 meanings of scary

Forms of skeary

comparativemore skeary
superlativemost skeary

Questions about skeary

What is skeary the pronunciation spelling of?
Skeary is the pronunciation spelling of scary.

Words near skeary in the dictionary

  1. skeans
  2. skear
  3. skeared
  4. skearing
  5. skears
  6. skeary
  7. Skeat
  8. Skeats
  9. Skeavington
  10. Skeavingtons
  11. skebenga

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