Usually means: Causing or characterized by fear.
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  1. scarry: Merriam-Webster
  2. scarry: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Scarry, scarry: Wordnik
  4. scarry: Wiktionary
  5. scarry: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Scarry, scarry: Dictionary.com
  7. Scarry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. scarry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Scarry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. scarry: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Scarry: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Scarry: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scarry)

▸ adjective:  Like a scar, or rocky eminence.
▸ adjective:  Bearing scars, or marks of wounds.

Similar:
scarlike, scarisome, scarred, scarysome, scaresome, craggy, scablike, screelike, scariose, scraggy, more...

Opposite:
safe, calm, peaceful, reassuring, comforting

Types:
spooky, eerie, creepy, macabre, ghoulish, haunted, supernatural, more...

Phrases:
Richard Scarry, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Elaine Scarry, more...



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Similar:
scarlike, scarisome, scarred, scarysome, scaresome, craggy, scablike, screelike, scariose, scraggy, more...

Opposite:
safe, calm, peaceful, reassuring, comforting

Types:
spooky, eerie, creepy, macabre, ghoulish, haunted, supernatural, more...

Phrases:
Richard Scarry, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Elaine Scarry, more...



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