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"ref": "1867, John Greenleaf Whittier, The Tent on the Beach, and Other Poems, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, The Wreck of Rivermouth, page 25",
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"ref": "1916, Texas Department of Agriculture, “Bulletin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), numbers 47-57, page 150",
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"ref": "1940, Richard Wright, Native Son, book 1, London: Jonathan Cape, published 1970, page 10",
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
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"word": "مُجَفِّل"
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"word": "վախկոտ"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ভীতিকর"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ကြောက်စရာ"
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"word": "espantós"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "恐怖"
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"word": "spaventosu"
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"word": "uhyggelig"
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"word": "pelottava"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "sinistre"
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"word": "terrifiant"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "საშინელი"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃"
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"word": "ડરામણી"
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"word": "भयानक"
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"word": "ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯೆ"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "គួរឱ្យខ្លាច"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "공포의"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "museopda",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "무섭다"
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "birleri korkunuctuu da",
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"word": "бирлери коркунучтуу да"
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"word": "ഭീതിദമാണ്"
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "whakamataku"
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"code": "mi",
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"word": "ترسناک"
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"code": "pl",
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"roman": "ḍarāuṇā",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ਡਰਾਉਣਾ"
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"word": "înfricoșător"
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},
{
"alt": "こわい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kowai",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "怖い"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "medeni"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "hedarikeye",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯೆ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qorqynyşty",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "қорқынышты"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kuor aoy khlach",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "គួរឱ្យខ្លាច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gongpoui",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "공포의"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "museopda",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "무섭다"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "birleri korkunuctuu da",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "бирлери коркунучтуу да"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "terribilis"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "metūculōsus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "biedējoši"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "atbaidošs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "baisu"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "strašen",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "страшен"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "mampatahotra"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "mampahatahotra"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "hampatahotra"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "menakutkan"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bhītidamāṇŭ",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ഭീതിദമാണ്"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "bhayappeṭuttunna",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "whakamataku"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "wehiwehi"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "bhitīdāyak",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "भितीदायक"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "dhaḍkī bharavṇārā",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "धडकी भरवणारा"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ajmšigtaj",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "аймшигтай"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "Ajmšgiin",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "Аймшгийн"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "ḍarlāgdo",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "डरलाग्दो"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "skummel"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "afæran"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarsnâk",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ترسناک"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bimnâk",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "بیمناک"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "straszny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przerażający"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "straszliwy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "assustador"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ḍarāuṇā",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ਡਰਾਉਣਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "înfricoșător"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strášnyj",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "стра́шный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "užásnyj",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "ужа́сный"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "mataʻu"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "taufaafefe"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "bhīṣma",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "भीष्म"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "eagalach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "страшан"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "strašan"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "baya hitena",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "බය හිතෙන"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "desivý"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "strašen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "asustador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "temible"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "espantoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "aterrador"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "inatisha"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "läskig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "nakatatakot"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "katakot-takot"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tarsovar",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "тарсовар"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "payaṅkaramāṉa",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "பயங்கரமான"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bhayānakaṅgā",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "భయానకంగా"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bhayapeṭṭāḍu",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "భయపెట్టాడు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nâa-gluua",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "น่ากลัว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "korkunç"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "gorkunç"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strašnýj",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "страшни́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žaxlývyj",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "жахли́вий"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "qo'rqinchli"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "đáng sợ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "brawychus"
},
{
"code": "xh",
"lang": "Xhosa",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "eyoyikisayo"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "skeri",
"sense": "causing fear or anxiety",
"word": "סקערי"
}
],
"word": "scary"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
"en:Fear"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "scare",
"3": "",
"4": "scraggy"
},
"expansion": "scare (“scraggy”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From dialectal English scare (“scraggy”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "?"
},
"expansion": "scary",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Barren land having only a thin coat of grass."
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "scarey"
}
],
"word": "scary"
}
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