English Dictionary

scary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskɛəɹi/

形容詞

くだけた表現 アメリカ英語 口語

(now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety / (informal) Uncannily striking or surprising. / (US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

日本語の意味

恐怖や不安を引き起こす / 不気味で衝撃的、驚かせる / すぐに驚く、容易に驚愕する

Walking through the abandoned hospital at night was a scary experience that left us all on edge.

夜に廃墟となった病院を歩くのは恐ろしい経験で、私たちは皆、ピリピリしていた。

意味（1）

(now chiefly informal) Causing fear or anxiety

The tiger's jaws were scary.

意味（2）

(informal) Uncannily striking or surprising.

Linda changed her hair, and it’s scary how much she looks like her mother.

意味（3）

(US, colloquial) Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.

“Whist! whist!” said Natty, in a low voice, on hearing a slight sound made by Elizabeth, in bending over the side of the canoe, in eager curiosity; “’tis a sceary animal, and it’s a far stroke for a spear. […]”

scarier （ comparative ）

scariest （ superlative ）