When everybody's crossing on a red, it's not so scary.
Source: tatoeba (272448)
Scary
//ˈskɛə.ɹi//
Synonyms for "scary" (108 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
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Synonyms
2 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
11 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
119 translations across 81 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- frikshme adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Amharic
1 entries- አስፈሪ adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Arabic
1 entries- مُجَفِّل adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Armenian
1 entries- վախկոտ adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- dəhşətli adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- qorxulu adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- qorxunc adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Basque
1 entries- beldurgarria adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Belarusian
2 entries- жахлі́вы adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- стра́шны adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Bengali
1 entries- ভীতিকর adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Bulgarian
1 entries- стра́шен adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြောက်စရာ adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Catalan
1 entries- espantós adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 恐怖 adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Corsican
2 entries- pauroso adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- spaventosu adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Czech
1 entries- děsivý adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Danish
2 entries- skræmmende adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- uhyggelig adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Dutch
1 entries- eng adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Esperanto
1 entries- timiga adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Finnish
1 entries- pelottava adj (causing fear or anxiety)
French
3 entries- affreux adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- sinistre adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- terrifiant adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Georgian
1 entries- საშინელი adj (causing fear or anxiety)
German
3 entries- beängstigend adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- furchterregend adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- schrecklich adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Greek
1 entries- τρομακτικός adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Gujarati
1 entries- ડરામણી adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Hausa
1 entries- ban tsoro adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Hebrew
1 entries- מפחיד adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Hindi
3 entries- डरावना adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- भयानक adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- भुतहा adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Hungarian
2 entries- félelmetes adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- ijesztő adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Icelandic
1 entries- skelfilegur adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Indonesian
1 entries- menakutkan adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Irish
1 entries- scanrúil adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Italian
1 entries- pauroso adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Japanese
1 entries- 怖い adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Javanese
1 entries- medeni adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯೆ adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Kazakh
1 entries- қорқынышты adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Khmer
1 entries- គួរឱ្យខ្លាច adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Korean
2 entries- 공포의 adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- 무섭다 adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бирлери коркунучтуу да adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Latin
2 entries- metūculōsus adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- terribilis adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Latvian
2 entries- atbaidošs adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- biedējoši adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Lithuanian
1 entries- baisu adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Macedonian
1 entries- страшен adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Malagasy
3 entries- hampatahotra adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- mampahatahotra adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- mampatahotra adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Malay
1 entries- menakutkan adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- ഭീതിദമാണ് adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Marathi
2 entries- धडकी भरवणारा adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- भितीदायक adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Mongolian
2 entries- Аймшгийн adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- аймшигтай adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Māori
2 entries- wehiwehi adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- whakamataku adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Nepali
1 entries- डरलाग्दो adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Norwegian
1 entries- skummel adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Old English
1 entries- afæran adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Persian
2 entries- بیمناک adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- ترسناک adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Polish
3 entries- przerażający adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- straszliwy adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- straszny adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Portuguese
1 entries- assustador adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਡਰਾਉਣਾ adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Romanian
1 entries- înfricoșător adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Russian
2 entries- стра́шный adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- ужа́сный adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Samoan
2 entries- mataʻu adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- taufaafefe adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Sanskrit
1 entries- भीष्म adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eagalach adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- strašan adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- страшан adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බය හිතෙන adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Slovak
1 entries- desivý adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Slovene
1 entries- strašen adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Spanish
4 entries- amedrentador adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- asustador adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- asustante adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- atemorizador adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Swahili
1 entries- inatisha adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Swedish
1 entries- läskig adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Tagalog
2 entries- katakot-takot adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- nakatatakot adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Tajik
1 entries- тарсовар adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Tamil
1 entries- பயங்கரமான adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Telugu
2 entries- భయపెట్టాడు adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- భయానకంగా adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Thai
1 entries- น่ากลัว adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Turkish
1 entries- korkunç adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Turkmen
1 entries- gorkunç adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Ukrainian
2 entries- жахли́вий adj (causing fear or anxiety)
- страшни́й adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Uzbek
1 entries- qo'rqinchli adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đáng sợ adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Welsh
1 entries- brawychus adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Xhosa
1 entries- eyoyikisayo adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Yiddish
1 entries- סקערי adj (causing fear or anxiety)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I always use the steps, but...it's scary how they wobble...so I'd like you to hold them steady.
Source: tatoeba (326857)
Possibly because he's got a beard, he looks scary at first glance but he's really a kind man.
Source: tatoeba (327249)
It's scary how little consideration she gives to being a woman.
Source: tatoeba (328407)
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