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Scary

adjective

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

... castellated rocks, the sight of which immediately wafts my memory back across the thousands of miles of land and water to what they are almost a counterpart of the famous castellated rocks of Green River, Wyo. Ter. Another scary youth takes to his heels as I descend into the valley and halt at the village of Charkhan, a mere shapeless cluster of mud-hovels. Before one of these a ragged agriculturist solemnly presides over a small heap of what I unfortunately mistake at the time ...

— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens

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... and washed the dishes—I was sort of scary too. We had 'ranged to go away that day. I hadn't much to do, Though I always had some sewing work, and I got it and sat down; But the old clock tick-tacked loud at me, and ...

— Successful Recitations • Various

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... if a 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 ...

— Sunny Boy in the Country • Ramy Allison White

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Words linked to "Scary" : shuddery, alarming, scarey