scarier

ADJECTIVE

frightening, terrifying

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alarming chilling creepy eerie hairy horrifying intimidating shocking spooky

WEAK

bloodcurdling hair-raising horrendous spine-chilling unnerving

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normal

WEAK

calming encouraging soothing

Example Sentences

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What seems scarier: the body going or the mind going?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

On the scarier side, Wright says there's another place we can already see the combination of robotics and agentic AI: battlefield drones.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

How do you make a film scary when every waking day is scarier?

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

But scarier things like what has happened to Guthrie exacerbate this push and pull, Clare Ansberry writes in her piece this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

We didn't celebrate Halloween in prison—or, I should say, every day in prison was scarier than any Halloween, so there was no reason to do anything special on October 31st.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos