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scary
adjective
-
scary
,
scarier
,
scariest
frightening
or
likely
to
make
you
feel
afraid
•
We
watched
a
scary
movie
about
ghosts
last
night
.
We
watched
a
scary
movie
about
ghosts
last
night
.
•
Walking
through
the
old
abandoned
house
at
night
was
really
scary
.
Walking
through
the
old
abandoned
house
at
night
was
really
scary
.
From
scare
+
-y
,
first
recorded
in
the
mid-19th
century
.
adverb
informal
:
extremely
or
surprisingly
,
used
before
another
adjective
•
Her
new
computer
is
scary
fast
compared
to
the
old
one
.
Her
new
computer
is
scary
fast
compared
to
the
old
one
.
•
He
’
s
scary
good
at
solving
puzzles
.
He
’
s
scary
good
at
solving
puzzles
.
Adverbial
use
of
the
adjective
"
scary
"
emerged
in
North
American
English
in
the
late
20th
century
as
slang
for
emphasis
.
