Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having scars, precipices, or bare patches.
  • Pertaining to scars; having scars or marks of old wounds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
  • adjective Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Like a scar, or rocky eminence.
  • adjective Containing scars.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

scar +‎ -y

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Examples

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Both bus stations were very clean - not the least bit scarry which is more than I can say about the Houston bus stations.

    Guadalajara 2005

  • Something really scarry about all the so called secure chip enabled cards is that it is an OPTION for the retailer to enable but not one the card owner can insist on.

    Credit Card Security Is Bad News For Travellers | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Had a scarry time in a "frozen" sweet gum one time so I generaly stay away from them now.

    How high do you like to go into the trees with your tree stand and do you have a preference for tree species to hunt from? 2009

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