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Scary

//ˈskɛə.ɹi// adj, adv, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing fear or anxiety informal

    "The tiger's jaws were scary."

  2. 2
    Uncannily striking or surprising. informal

    "Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother."

  3. 3
    Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened. US, colloquial

    "“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. […]”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    provoking fear or terror wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    To a scary extent; scarily. informal, not-comparable

    "At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]"

Noun
  1. 1
    Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From scare + -y.

Etymology 2

From scare + -y.

Etymology 3

From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”).

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