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scary

adjective as in frightening, terrifying

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“It’s very scary because we were living very peacefully here and now I’m hearing what I could hear in Ukraine.”

"There is the side to social media that is really harmful and really scary, and you have to be on alert all the time," she told BBC News.

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“And obviously I’m not that dark and scary, but, you know, I’ve gone through life, I’m 27. I live in New York and it’s pretty scary over here,” she added, laughing.

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And here’s a scary thought for the rest of the NFL: The Rams are on track to get stronger down the stretch.

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“But Hollywood was kind of scary, so you took them to Universal Studios.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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