scarier
SaySKAIR-ee-erUS/ˈskɛə.ɹi.ɚ/UK/ˈskɛə.ɹi.ə/AUS/ˈskeːɹiə/
- 1Comparative of scary.
The sequel turned out to be far scarier than anyone expected.
Walking home alone felt scarier once the streetlights went out.
Note
The -er ending does the work here rather than more, the usual pattern for two-syllable adjectives in -y, and the y turns to i before it. The comparative carries any of scary's adjective meanings. Usually it means more frightening, sometimes more uncannily striking, and in colloquial American use more easily frightened, so a scarier horse may be the skittish one. The adverb scary, as in scary good, takes no comparative.
scarier is a form of scary
scary, adjective: Causing fear or anxiety in someone. Full entry
- Spelling
- scary → scarier: change y to i, add -er
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