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Scary   Listen
adjective
Scary  adj.  
1.
Subject to sudden alarm. (Colloq. U. S.)
2.
Causing fright; alarming. (Colloq. U. S.)





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"Scary" Quotes from Famous Books



... don't trust that horse either. You'd better be mighty careful. That horse isn't mean but it's young and scary." ...
— Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds
... anything if we want to get close to that bear," announced our hero. "Bears are very scary creatures, and if you make too much noise that beast will run for miles and ...
— Dave Porter At Bear Camp - The Wild Man of Mirror Lake • Edward Stratemeyer
... see it! If he could only see it!" she kept exclaiming. "It is better than any pumpkin head we ever made, and scary enough to throw old Brossard into a fit. I can hardly wait until it is dark ...
— The Gate of the Giant Scissors • Annie Fellows Johnston
... fireman who was jabbed on the wrist by a large tarantula. Some years before, he had been stung on the cheek by a "bald" hornet. He wasn't inclined to make any choice between the two except that the tarantula (not the wound) "looked a d——sight more scary." He didn't let the bite interfere with his job, even ...
— Stories from Everybody's Magazine • 1910 issues of Everybody's Magazine
... as I'm writing this, that great big colored man stood out of the way and in she marched waving Pee-wee's belt-axe. We all followed after her, kind of scary. ...
— Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike • Percy Keese Fitzhugh


Words linked to "Scary" :   shivery, scarey, shuddery, alarming


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