Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scarisome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scari-some
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by scariness; frightening

Example Sentences

""It too scarisome to you? You afraid they'll poison Paw-paw's dogs, too?""
"In any case, I couldn't wait any longer to bring up the important and frankly quite scarisome topic which was playing doolally weirdo things with my mind, so I Took The Plunge: 'Mu-um?'"
"I mean, 'magine a scarysome bastard came to any ofye asking who the one they call Parrot is, ye might point at me and ask Why them interested and he might say I stole from him or burned his ship or in— sulted his missus. What would ye do?"
"I guess He wanted to spare me of the scarysome details or maybe God was not in the mood to repeat what has already been known and documented over the ages."

Etymology

From scary + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: scary

Inflected Forms

more scarisome (comparative) most scarisome (superlative) scarysome (alternative)

Questions

What does scarisome mean?: Characterised or marked by scariness; frightening
Where does scarisome come from?: From scary + -some.

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