October 8, 2014 – Word of the Day:  scary

The word "scary" is an adjective that you can use when something frightens you or causes you to feel afraid or experience fear.

• There’s a scary monster!
• The boy feels scared.
• Do you like to watch scary movies?
• That was the scariest movie I have ever seen. (superlative form of the adjective)

You can also use "scary" when describing people or things that cause intimidation or uncertainty.

• Our English teacher is one scary dude.
• The weather is looking kind of scary right now.
• There were a lot of scary people riding the bus today.
• Donna said that the chemistry test was scary. She doesn’t think she did very well on it.
• This is kind of a scary neighborhood. Let’s get out of here.
• That fish looks too scary to eat.

Use "scare" as a verb:

• That movie scared me. (past tense)
• I was scared by that movie. (past tense, passive voice)

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