scary
adj.adj. causing fear or making you feel afraid. You use this to describe things like ghosts, dark rooms, or difficult situations.
adj. causing fear, alarm, or psychological distress. Often used in informal contexts to describe mildly frightening or intimidating experiences.
The movie was very scary.
Walking home alone in the dark can be a scary experience for many people.
While the initial drop on the roller coaster is undeniably scary, the adrenaline rush that follows is what keeps enthusiasts coming back for more.
From scare + -y.
From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”).
Gradable adjective; commonly modified by degree adverbs like 'very', 'really', or 'quite'.
I am very scary of spidersI am very scared of spidersLearners often confuse the adjective 'scary' (the thing that causes fear) with 'scared' (the feeling of the person).