Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Causing feelings of fear or alarm.
Scary
/ˈskeəri/Synonyms:
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Examples:
The movie was very scary.Haunted houses are often scary at night.
Etymology:
The word scary is derived from the word scar, which comes from the Middle English scarie, a variant of fearie, influenced by scare, which is from Old Norse skirra meaning to frighten.
Usage Statistics:
24 mentions per 1 million words 
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