单词 | scary |
释义 | scaryadj. 1. Terrifying, frightful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective] eislichc888 eyesfulOE awfulc1175 smarta1200 ferlya1225 sternc1275 grisea1300 uglya1300 dreadfula1325 fell?c1335 stout1338 perilousc1380 terriblec1400 ghastfulc1449 timorous1455 epouventable1477 bedreadc1485 dreadablec1490 dreadc1540 buggisha1555 dreaded1556 monster-like1561 dire1567 scareful1567 terrifying1577 scary1582 direful1583 affrighting1592 dismal1594 affrightful1603 diral1606 tirable1607 frighting1619 scaring1641 affrighteninga1651 formidolous1656 terrific1667 terrifical1677 atrocious1733 terrorful1789 orful1845 lurid1850 terrorsome1890 turble1893 timorsome1894 like the wrath of God1936 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 76 But toe the, poore Dido, this sight so skearye beholding, What feeling creepeth? 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. v. 68 If any can pretend to know the world, or to have seen scary sights, it is myself! 1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xiii A Giant Grim, who frequents places of amusement to corner children, and relate scary stories to them. 1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 29 Whatever the miners thought about it, it was rather a scarey business for me. 1938 J. Steinbeck Long Valley 14 It would be a lonely life for a woman, ma'am, and a scarey life too, with animals creeping under the wagon all night. 1955 E. Coxhead Figure in Mist iv. 123 We're over the scary part now. 1960 Guardian 27 Oct. 9/5 This is real scarey. 1961 G. Greene Burnt-out Case vi. iii. 237 Goodness, I'm glad to be here. It was really scary driving all the way alone. 1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 105/1 It's something scary you don't have to believe in. 1975 University (Princeton Univ.) Winter 9/1 The latter showed that energy consumption, per person, could easily double by 2000. That's pretty scary, with energy resources almost sure to decline. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 145/4 (advt.) Set against a background of sinister ritual, vengeance and murder, a novel to be read at one scarey sitting. 1978 Nature 20 July 199/1 The procession was headed by figures dressed in radioactive protection gear, clearly intended to be scary. 1981 Listener 1 Jan. 23/3 The threat..is pretty scary. 2. Frightened, timorous. Originally and chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] arghc885 unboldc897 bletheOE feyOE frightfula1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 ferdfula1382 palea1393 ferdya1400 ghastful1422 tremblingc1430 timorousc1450 cremeuse1477 craintive1490 cocklea1500 sheepish?1518 awfula1522 meticulousc1540 timidc1550 sheepa1556 tremebundc1560 timorsomec1600 tremulous1611 pigeon-hearteda1625 affrightful1631 formidolous1656 pavid1656 timidous1658 unsupported1694 tender-nosed1700 scary1773 pippin-hearted1809 kitten-hearted1831 funky1835 misventurous1849 milksoppish1852 tender-footed1854 fearsome1863 scare1885 milksoppy1886 milksopping1888 cotton wool1909 the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 1773 J. Johnson Let. 29 Nov. in Joshua Johnson's Letterbk. (1979) 109 If you are scary, we never shall cut any figure in the business. 1800 M. L. Weems Let. 29 Dec. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 160 I have always been very scary about our monies. 1816 U. Brown Jrnl. in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 358 Ferryed over on Cumberland (felt a little scary, when about half way the wind blew fresh down the river). 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. vi. 92 A skeary comrade in the woods is apt to make a short path long. 1842 in Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs (1852) 104 The scary trout glides swiftly out. 1873 W. Carleton Farm Ballads 8 Women are skeery critters. 1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 137 My mount was a young ‘scarey’ horse. 1894 G. M. Fenn Real Gold 138 I want to talk. It keeps one from feeling a bit skeary. 1903 J. Vaizey Pixie O'Shaughnessy ix. 107 She was too frightened to own up last night—you know what a scarey little thing she is. 1907 J. M. Synge Let. 25 Apr. (1971) 128 I have been getting a little bit scary about your extravagance. 1951 L. Craig Singing Hills vi. 45 He'd a been right smart proudified of your not being scary. 1970 N. Streatfeild Thursday's Child xxxii. 218 He was as scary of being seen as a wild deer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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