Scary vs. Scared

Scaryadjective

(colloquial) Causing or able to cause fright

‘The tiger's jaws were scary.’; ‘She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.’;

Scaredadjective

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

Scaryadjective

Subject to sudden alarm; nervous, jumpy.

Scaredverb

simple past tense and past participle of scare

Scarynoun

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Scaredadjective

made afraid;

‘the frightened child cowered in the corner’; ‘too shocked and scared to move’;

Scarynoun

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.

Scaryadjective

Subject to sudden alarm.

Scaryadjective

Causing fright; alarming.

Scaryadjective

so scary as to cause chills and shudders;

‘the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge’;