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Another word for scary

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Adjective

  1. Causing or able to cause fear

    See also:

    fear

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Sentence Examples

  • I can understand it must be scary to think of giving birth.

  • The new world seemed less scary in daylight.

  • Their house was lonely, and a little scary without them.

  • These are scary times.

  • It was scary but I bet I wasn't as scared as Caleb.

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