Associations to the word «Scary»

Wiktionary

SCARY, adjective. Causing or able to cause fright
SCARY, adjective. (US) (colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.
SCARY, noun. Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Dictionary definition

SCARY, adjective. Provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats