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scariness

noun
/ˈskɛə.ɹi.nəs/US

Etymology

From scary + -ness.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to swing, jump, move”
  2. derived from *skirzijaną✻ — “to shoo, scare off”
  3. derived from skirra — “to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”
  4. inherited from scaren
  5. formed as scary — “scare + -y”
  6. formed as scariness — “scary + -ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being scary.

    • The video is part of a growing phenomenon making its way around message boards and e-mail chains called “creepypasta” — bite-sized bits of scariness that have joined the unending list of things-to-do-when-you’re-bored-at-work.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for scariness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA