Dictionary

scaresome en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈskɛəsəm/ non-rhotic
• /ˈskeɹsəm/ rhotic
• (Southern-England) audio
• skâr'səm rhotic
• /ˈskɛɹsəm/ Mary–marry–merry merger

Etymology

From scare + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by scariness; frightful.
   • But I do remember a scaresome fight at the end of Broagh Road, just a couple of hundred yards from our house in Mossbawn. 2008, Dennis O'Driscoll, Seamus Heaney, Stepping Stones:
   • A traveler, in journeying through that waste and howling and terrible wilderness, would meet with many a rough road, many a rugged way, many a rocky ascent, many an uncultivated waste, many a harsh sound, many a scaresome sight, many a tangled spot, many a thorny place, many a toil, and many a trial. 2015, Spence-Jones, Henry, The Pulpit Commentary, Volume 6
   • She looked like a raven about to take flight, half bird, half woman, like she'd sprouted wings from her shoulders. I couldn't see where her arms ended and the cape began. It was stunning and scaresome all at the same time. 2011, Bernie McGill, The Butterfly Cabinet:

Forms

Deriveds

scaresomely