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"scary" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often horrifying (10 letters).
Definitions
provoking fear or terror
Word origin
From scare + -y.
Used in a sentence
“The tiger's jaws were scary.”
“She was hiding behind her pillow during the scary parts of the film.”
“He watched Conjuring but it was too scary for him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Frightening”5 letters
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