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scariest

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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The girls' school said on Facebook that the "scariest face of war is the children's lives it takes".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Without my boyfriend’s paycheck buffering our vibes-based accounting, it was time to face the scariest part of managing your money: the spending audit.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Prime Minister Boris Johnson being taken into intensive care after he was diagnosed with Covid was "one of the scariest" moments he had on the airwaves, he admitted.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The scariest man in music these days is a trim, antsy, matter-of-fact ex-physicist named Mikey Shulman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“He’s just bad for the sake of being bad. That’s the scariest kind of villain, you know?”

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu