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Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Aziz Ansari

Meaning of "scariest" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCARIEST

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCARIEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scariest is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCARIEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scariest

Fear

Fear is an emotion induced by a threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately a change in behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events. Fear may occur in response to a specific stimulus happening in the present, or to a future situation, which is perceived as risk to health or life, status, power, security, or in the case of humans wealth or anything held valuable. The fear response arises from the perception of danger leading to confrontation with or escape from/avoiding the threat, which in extreme cases of fear can be a freeze response or paralysis. In humans and animals, fear is modulated by the process of cognition and learning. Thus fear has been judged as rational or appropriate and irrational or inappropriate. An irrational fear is called a phobia. Psychologists such as John B. Watson, Robert Plutchik, and Paul Ekman have suggested that there is only a small set of basic or innate emotions and that fear is one of them. This hypothesized set includes such emotions as joy, sadness, fright, dread, horror, panic, anxiety, acute stress reaction and anger.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCARIEST

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Scargill
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scarifyingly
scarily
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SCARIEST

angriest
archpriest
assistant priest
at the earliest
chariest
cheeriest
chief priest
driest
eeriest
furriest
goriest
hairiest
high priest
hungriest
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parish priest
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shimmeriest
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Synonyms and antonyms of scariest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCARIEST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scariest» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scariest

Translation of «scariest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCARIEST

Find out the translation of scariest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scariest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scariest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

最可怕的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scariest
570 millions of speakers

English

scariest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scariest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأكثر رعبا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

страшная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mais assustadora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্যাকারিয়েস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

effrayant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menakutkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gruseligsten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

怖い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무서운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scariest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng sợ nhất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயங்கரமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वात खराब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkutucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

più spaventosa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

najstraszniejszy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

страшна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai înfricoșătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιο τρομακτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scariest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scariest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skumleste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scariest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCARIEST»

The term «scariest» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCARIEST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scariest» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scariest» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scariest

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10 QUOTES WITH «SCARIEST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scariest.
1
Keegan Allen
The scariest movie I have ever seen, and my favorite horror film is, 'The Exorcist.' It is a must-see horror/thriller classic. I watch it every couple of years.
2
Aziz Ansari
Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life.
3
Maggie Carey
With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
4
Don Cheadle
I prefer film to TV because of the amount of time film affords you that TV doesn't (though theater is probably my favorite and the scariest place of all).
5
Cher
Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.
6
Claire Coffee
Alien abduction movies are always the scariest; no matter how cheesy they are, they still scare me for a week. I live by myself in my apartment, and I don't worry about intruders or robbery; I mostly worry about alien abduction or evil, mean ghosts.
7
Jesse Eisenberg
The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the first impression it's going to make. And very often it's portraying a very different film from the one the actors actually did.
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Katie Featherston
I think fear of the unknown is the scariest thing.
9
Michael J. Fox
I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.
10
Bong Joon-ho
I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCARIEST»

Discover the use of scariest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scariest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
100 Scariest Things on the Planet
Presents information about scary things and events, both real and imaginary, including alien encounters, deadly creatures, and real-life monsters.
Anna Claybourne, 2011
2
The Scariest Thing of All
But one dark night in the wild wood, he hears a terrifying Raaarr and discovers the Scariest Thing of All . . .
Debi Gliori, 2014
3
10 Scariest Things in Minecraft
This book is about the ten scariest things in Minecraft.
Reagan Choi
4
I'm the Scariest Thing in the Castle
Award winner Kevin Sherry delivers a toddler-friendly, not-so-scary Halloween read-aloud with simple text, bold and delightful art, and a lovable little bat with an uncrushable spirit.
Kevin Sherry, 2011
5
World's Scariest Dinosaurs
This series shows readers some of the most fascinating, terrifying, and even hilarious dinosaurs ever discovered. Each book draws on a theme to educate readers on a variety of dinosaurs, their habitat, and their behaviour.
Rupert Matthews, 2013
6
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
A family relocates to a small house on Ash Tree Lane and discovers that the inside of their new home seems to be without boundaries
Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000
7
100 Scariest Monsters
It's a big universe and there are some truly terrifying monsters out there! Here are the 100 scariest monsters the Doctor has ever encountered so far, from the devious Daleks to the weird Weeping Angels and the sinister Cybermen.
Justin Richards, 2011
8
The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea
With consummate skill James Brady summons up the past and illuminates the present, be it the Korea of "the forgotten war", the Yanks who fought there long ago or today's soldiers standing wary sentinel over "the scariest place in the world" ...
James Brady, 2006
9
Mrs. Jeepers' Scariest Halloween Ever
The Bailey School kids investigate to see if Mrs. Jeepers is turning the town's kids into monsters during Halloween.
Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones, 2009
10
1001 Books: You Must Read Before You Die
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination.
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCARIEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scariest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Duran Duran's Roger Taylor on the scariest moment of his life
Shard End-born Taylor said finding out about the bomb “was the scariest moment” of his life. The IRA were apparently planning the strike on a show that Duran ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
2
Martin Sheen calls his wife 'scariest woman'
"I was fortunate enough to marry the scariest woman I'd ever met. She did not know how to lie. It was impossible. For me, the truth was a sometimes thing. «Business Standard, May 15»
3
Here are the scariest statues in the US
Statues are art, so taste in them is subjective, but some statues are just downright scary. Here are the five scariest we've seen in the U.S. ... «Stockton Record, Apr 15»
4
Spain's Caminito del Rey: 2015 photos, video of world's scariest
Dubbed by many media outlets as the world's scariest pathway, the three-kilometre long pathway, which was built at about 100 metres (330 ft) above the gorge ... «AL.com, Mar 15»
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World's scariest walkway to reopen
Fourteen years ago, five tourists lost their lives on Spain's El Caminito del Rey, the world's scariest walkway. Now it's set to reopen to the public after a major ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
6
Why is 'Udta Punjab' Shahid Kapoor's scariest role?
The talented actor took to Instagram and posted a picture with the description of his next venture 'Udta Punjab'. He wrote, “Scariest part I have played yet have ... «The Indian Express, Feb 15»
7
This Halloween, Ebola Researcher and Kindergarten Teacher …
The second-scariest job: microbiologist for infectious diseases. These folks earn a median hourly wage of $33.27 according to EMSI, and they are subject to ... «Forbes, Oct 14»
8
Kane, WWE's Top Monster, Lists 3 Scariest Pro Wrestlers In History
Kane, WWE's top monster, lists the scariest wrestlers ever and talks about his new horror movie “See No Evil 2″ on the Turnbuckle Weekly with Chuck Carroll. «CBS Local, Oct 14»
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America's Scariest Haunts as Pointed Out by The Houses October Built
Having seen The Houses October Built already (review coming soon), I can tell you guys you're in for a real treat. It's a pretty damned spooky way to spend your ... «Dread Central, Oct 14»
10
Is Germany's Talocan the scariest amusement park ride EVER?
CONFESSION: I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to amusement park rides, so just watching this video of people screaming their heads off while being spun ... «NEWS.com.au, Sep 14»

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