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Scary   /skˈɛri/   Listen
Scary

adjective
1.
Provoking fear terror.  Synonyms: chilling, scarey, shivery, shuddery.  "The most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"






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"Scary" Quotes from Famous Books



... out of the deep shadow two living coals are suddenly kindled. They grow larger and larger, glowing, flashing, burning holes into your eyes till you brush them swiftly with your hand. A shiver runs over you, for to look into the eyes of a lynx at night, when the light catches them, is a scary experience. Your rifle jumps to position; the glowing coals are quenched on the instant. Then, when your eyes have blinked the fascination out of them, the shadows go creeping in and out again, and Upweekis is ...
— Wilderness Ways • William J Long

... she has a window, so she can see the stars and the sun. She knows them, so I just shifted the old sad, scary lines to: ...
— Michael O'Halloran • Gene Stratton-Porter

... awful when I saw it in the glare. But then, of course, he was terribly surprised. He probably thought he was the only soul awake for miles and miles, and to have that thing go off in one's face would startle anybody, and make them look pretty scary." ...
— The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake - Bessie King in Summer Camp • Jane L. Stewart

... twig snapped, but back, nevertheless, to the place where he thought he had seen the snake. Any one, you know, may be frightened, but to face the fear and see if it is an afraid thought, or something really scary—that takes a truly brave person. And always afterward Sunny Boy was to be glad that he had had the courage to go ...
— Sunny Boy in the Country • Ramy Allison White

... they ain't fur," said he. "You keep quiet, 'cause they don't know you; and they are mighty scary. Just stand still there by the fence. Ca-nan! ca-nan! Ca-nan, nan, nan, nan, ...
— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner


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