Home › Words › S › scaryscary/ˈskɛə.ɹi/scary means causing fear or anxiety.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, scary ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.scary is pronounced /ˈskɛə.ɹi/.EtymologyFrom scare + -y.adjCausing fear or anxietye.g.“The tiger's jaws were scary.”Uncannily striking or surprising.e.g.“Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.”Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.advTo a scary extent; scarily.e.g.“At 199 centimetres and a hundred kilos going up, he was scary big and he found work as a bouncer and enforcer[.]” — 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 117:nounBarren land having only a thin coat of grass.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).