Scary and Uncanny

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Scary

Scary adjective - Causing fear.
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Uncanny is a synonym for scary in lurid topic. In some cases you can use "Uncanny" instead an adjective "Scary", when it comes to topics like spooky, macabre.
Nearby Words: scare, scar, scared, scaring

Uncanny

Uncanny adjective - Being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain.
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Scary is a synonym for uncanny in lurid topic. You can use "Scary" instead an adjective "Uncanny", if it concerns topics such as unusual, spooky, macabre.
Nearby Word: uncannily

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  • Nightmare Fuel / Advertising There was a needlessly scary advert for Hooch Lemon, with a man sleeping in the most uncanny cliff-side house imaginable.
    Source: Nightmare Fuel / Advertising
  • Fanfic / Last Child of Krypton Uncanny Valley Girl: People find Rei’s unemotional behavior and impassive gaze disturbing and scary (right as it was intended to be in canon).
    Source: Fanfic / Last Child of Krypton
  • Literature / The Future Eve Unfortunately, they were not as good at avoiding the Uncanny Valley as Hadaly, and were pulled off the shelves because children found them too scary.
    Source: Literature / The Future Eve
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