Synonyms for scary
ˈskɛər isca·ry

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1. scaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   frightening

2. scaryadjective

   Causing, or able to cause, fright

   Synonyms:
   frightening

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1. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shudderyadjective

   provoking fear terror

   "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

   Synonyms:
   shivery, chilling, scarey, shuddery

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. scaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   timid, apprehensive, alarming, frightful

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1. List of paraphrases for "scary":

   creepy, frightening, spooky, scared, afraid, terrifying, freaky, horror, frightful, frightened, horrifying, nerve-racking, fearsome, chilling, hairy, terrible, appalling, fearful, awful

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1. Stephen Curry:

   Any time you see something like The Warriors coaching staff, its scary, you could see the look on his face. He didnt really understand what was happening in that moment, trying to figure it out, went straight back to the locker room. During the timeout, we all looked at each other. There were a couple smiles in terms of what that meant for us as a team, the guys that were going to need to step up in those moments. Again, next-man-up mentality. Draymond said that at some point during that timeout.

2. Paige Cowett:

   I wanted a conversation that seemed less scary to me, i needed to consume news, but there was only a version of it that I could handle. I wonder if that was a similar experience that others were having.

3. Ali Mokdad:

   It seems like women are trying to catch up to the men in binge drinking, it's really, really scary.

4. Roger Moore:

   This fire is scary to us. This is something we haven't seen before in the city.

5. Amie May:

   I want people to know it’s out there, we have a virus that doesn’t have a cure, and that’s scary.