adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
pretty
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To tell the truth, it's pretty scary .
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The stars and the street lights stopped it being too dark, but it was still pretty scary .
really
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It's presenting to my superiors that I find really scary .
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What if you were alone in the middle of the night and something really scary or weird happened?
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I remember before then when it was really scary .
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The Rolling Stones: Go as really , really scary old guys.
so
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Compared with that, is taking the final step with me so scary ?
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I had been a child alone, but I learned that being a woman alone was not so scary .
too
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It looks set to be a monster success, even though some youngsters at last night's premiere said it was too scary .
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For many, it may be too scary .
very
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Female speaker Walking over that causeway is very scary .
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It is very scary to think that when my time comes to be cared for...
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And that was very scary , because it was so much safer not to want anything at all, where Julius was concerned.
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Needless to say, it was a very scary time for me.
■ NOUN
thing
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The scary thing is that I hardly know him.
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Telling children about scary things , and then showing them that there are happy endings, soothes their anxieties.
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He says this is scariest thing I've ever done in my life.
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Love is a scary thing for me.
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Besides, Digby had even scarier things to consider.
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The problem that develops is-one of the scary things is-this job demands that you rely on somebody else to get it done.
thought
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They have plenty of room to grow some more, a scary thought .
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It was a scary thought at first.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a big scary monster
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I don't regret my decision to start a new life, in a new country. It's scary , but it's also really exciting.
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I had a really scary dream last night.
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She didn't like the film. It was too scary for her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It really was scary - I kid you not.
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The stars and the street lights stopped it being too dark, but it was still pretty scary .
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What our deep-seated fears say, of course, can be even scarier than the stories themselves.
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While this may seem scary , it is the only way to get her stepfather to stop what he is doing.
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Yet the commercial is based on speculation that is indeed scary but not unjustified.