Daily word- scary

scary (adjective)

  • Afrikaans – vreesaanjaend – freess-aan-yahnt

  • Albanian – i frikshëm – ee freek-shum

  • Amharic – ሚያስፈራ – mi-yas-fe-ra

  • Arabic – مخيف – mu-kheef

  • Armenian – ահարկու – a-har-KOO

  • Azerbaijani – qorxulu – gor-khoo-loo

  • Basque – beldurgarri – bel-door-gar-ree

  • Belarusian – страшны – strash-ny

  • Bengali – ভয়ঙ্কর – bho-yong-kor

  • Bosnian – strašan – stra-shan

  • Bulgarian – страшен – stra-shen

  • Catalan – espantós – es-pan-TOS

  • Chinese (Simplified) – 可怕的 – kě pà de

  • Croatian – strašan – stra-shan

  • Czech – děsivý – dye-si-vee

  • Danish – skræmmende – skrem-men-deh

  • Dutch – eng – eng

  • Esperanto – timiga – tee-MEE-ga

  • Estonian – hirmus – heer-moos

  • Filipino – nakakatakot – na-ka-ka-TA-kot

  • Finnish – pelottava – pe-lot-ta-va

  • French – effrayant – ef-fray-YON

  • Galician – arrepiante – ar-reh-pee-AHN-te

  • Georgian – საშიში – sa-shi-shi

  • German – gruselig – groo-ze-likh

  • Greek – τρομακτικός – tro-mak-tee-KOS

  • Gujarati – ભયાનક – bha-yaa-nak

  • Haitian Creole – pè – peh

  • Hausa – mai ban tsoro – mai ban tso-ro

  • Hebrew – מבהיל – mav-HEEL

  • Hindi – डरावना – da-raav-naa

  • Hungarian – ijesztő – ee-yes-tuh

  • Icelandic – ógnvekjandi – ohn-vyek-yan-dee

  • Igbo – na-akụ̀ ụjọ – na-a-koo oo-jaw

  • Indonesian – menakutkan – meh-na-koot-kan

  • Irish – scanrúil – skan-rool

  • Italian – spaventoso – spa-ven-TO-so

  • Japanese – 怖い – kowai

  • Javanese – medeni – meh-deh-nee

  • Kannada – ಭಯಾನಕ – bha-yaa-na-ka

  • Kazakh – қорқынышты – kor-khy-nysh-ty

  • Khmer – គួរឱ្យភ័យ – kuor ai phey

  • Korean – 무서운 – mu-seo-woon

  • Kurdish – terxîn – ter-kheen

  • Kyrgyz – коркунучтуу – kor-ku-nuch-too

  • Lao – ນ່າຢານ – na yaan

  • Latin – terribilis – ter-REE-bee-lees

  • Latvian – biedējošs – byeh-day-yosh

  • Lithuanian – baisus – bai-SOOS

  • Luxembourgish – erschreckend – er-shrek-end

  • Macedonian – страшно – stra-shno

  • Malagasy – mampatahotra – mam-pa-ta-ho-tra

  • Malay – menakutkan – meh-na-koot-kan

  • Malayalam – ഭയക്കുന്നത് – bha-ya-kku-nna-the

  • Maltese – tal-biżaʼ – tal bee-zah

  • Maori – whakamataku – fah-ka-ma-ta-koo

  • Marathi – भयानक – bha-yaa-nak

  • Mongolian – аймшигтай – aim-shig-tai

  • Nepali – डर लाग्दो – dar lag-do

  • Norwegian – skremmende – skrem-men-deh

  • Pashto – وېروونکی – wey-roo-wan-kee

  • Persian – ترسناک – tars-nak

  • Polish – straszny – strahsh-nih

  • Portuguese – assustador – a-sus-ta-DOR

  • Punjabi – ਡਰਾਉਣਾ – da-ra-oo-na

  • Romanian – înfricoșător – un-free-ko-sha-TOR

  • Russian – страшный – strash-nyy

  • Samoan – mataʻutia – ma-ta-oo-tee-a

  • Serbian – страшан – stra-shan

  • Shona – chinotyisa – chee-no-tee-sa

  • Sinhala – භයජනක – bha-ya-ja-na-ka

  • Slovak – desivý – dye-si-vee

  • Slovenian – strašljiv – strah-shleev

  • Somali – cabsi leh – ab-si leh

  • Spanish – aterrador – a-te-rra-DOR

  • Swahili – ya kutisha – ya koo-tee-sha

  • Swedish – skrämmande – skrem-man-deh

  • Tamil – பயமுறுத்தும் – pa-ya-mu-ruth-thum

  • Telugu – భయంకరమైన – bha-yan-ka-ra-mai-na

  • Thai – น่ากลัว – na klua

  • Turkish – korkunç – kor-KOONCH

  • Ukrainian – страшний – strahsh-NEE

  • Urdu – خوفناک – khauf-naak

  • Uzbek – qoʻrqinchli – kork-inch-lee

  • Vietnamese – đáng sợ – dang suh

  • Welsh – ofnus – of-niss

  • Xhosa – eyoyikekayo – eh-yo-yee-keh-yo

  • Yoruba – ẹru – eh-roo

  • Zulu – esabekayo – eh-sa-beh-kah-yo


Meaning: Causing fear or alarm; frightening.
Sentence: That horror movie was too scary for me to watch alone.

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