scary
Causing fear or anxietyCausing fear or anxiety
» Do you want to hear a scary story?
Хочеш почути страшну історію?
Хочете почути страшну історію?
Meaning
3 senses(informal)Causing fear or anxiety
The tiger's jaws were scary.
She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.
schrecklich, furchterregend, beängstigend
стра́шныйstrášnyj, ужа́сныйužásnyj
страшни́йstrašnýj, жахли́вийžaxlývyj
provoking fear or terror
(informal)Uncannily striking or surprising.
Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.
(US, colloquial)Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
Examples
455 sentencesDo you want to hear a scary story?
Хочеш почути страшну історію?
It won't be as scary as you think.
Це не буде так страшно, як тобі здається.
Here is a scary story for you.
Ось тобі страшна історія.
It's not that scary.
Це не так вже й страшно.
ruЭто не так страшно.
Tom doesn't like scary movies.
Тому не подобаються фільми жахів.
ruТому не нравятся фильмы ужасов.
Translations
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Forms
scarier, scariestSynonyms
43 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
11 patterns- scary movie
- a scary movie
- was really scary
- be very scary
- really scary
- was pretty scary
- watched a scary
- pretty scary
- a scary story
- scary story
- is a scary