- comparative of scary.
scarier
Example Sentences
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Did anything else happen today that is extremely relevant to this topic but in a much scarier way?
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
What seems scarier: the body going or the mind going?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Barker has no interest in shining some light on Nikki when keeping his woebegone protagonist in the dark is scarier.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Of course, a skeptic is going to tell these Knicks that their opponents have been lousy, and what’s coming—the winner of a tense Western Conference Final between San Antonio and Oklahoma City—is far scarier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
It was a stupid comparison, anyway—hollowgast were scarier, and probably deadlier, than any movie monster.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
