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No, definitely not, I just had a train of thoughts, and even labelled it as "scary" - and her own family shows this, and still she won't even think about her opinion.

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  1. adjective Causing fright or alarm.
  2. adjective Easily scared; very timid.

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  • This sounds scary, which is why the argument is used, of course, but this wild-eyed emotional fear mongering has nothing to do with the fact that no evidence has ever been shown to indicate that there is any transference of lead from a book to a child's blood. —  The Common Room
  • Though it is kind of scary, the first thing you need to do is to report it to the police for your security. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • No, definitely not, I just had a train of thoughts, and even labelled it as "scary" - and her own family shows this, and still she won't even think about her opinion. —  The daily irrelevant
  • Fear 2 seems less scary, which isn't to say that I didn't scream, out loud, sober, at two in the afternoon. —  OCTools
  • It's kind of scary, the multitude of things that are changing (or trying) this past month .. —  Latest Articles
 

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frighten ·  creepy ·  disturb ·  frustrate ·  weird ·  embarrass ·  spooky ·  funny ·  awesome ·  gruesome ·  annoy ·  exhilarate
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  1. Also skeary; from scare + -y. Cf. the earlier adjective scare, a.
  2. Cf. scare, lean, scanty, scraggy. Less prob. from scar, a bare place on the side of a steep (see scar), + -y.
 

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/ˈskeɪri/
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