scary

How many syllables in scary?

  2 syllables

Divide scary into syllables:   scar-y
Stressed syllable in scary:   scar-y
How to pronounce scary:   skair-ee
How to say scary:

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Synonyms for scary


2 syllables
  • chilling
  • daunting
  • looming
  • creepy
  • eerie
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
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What rhymes with scary

1 syllable
  • barre
  • jere
2 syllables
  • airy
  • Barrie
  • Berri
  • bury
  • Carie
  • carry
  • cherry
  • dairy
  • derry
  • fairy
  • ferry
  • garry
  • Gerri
  • gery
  • glary
  • Harry
  • Jerry
  • larry
  • marry
  • Mary
  • nary
  • perry
  • prairie
  • querry
  • sherri
  • skerry
  • stary
  • tarry
  • terrie
  • vary
  • wary
  • ary
  • Barry
  • berry
  • carey
  • carrie
  • cherie
  • clary
  • Derry
  • eyrie
  • ferri
  • frary
  • Gary
  • Gerry
  • glairy
  • hairy
  • jerry
  • kerry
  • lary
  • marryer
  • merry
  • parry
  • Perry
  • quaere
  • serry
  • sherry
  • Sperry
  • stases
  • terri
  • terry
  • very
  • wherry
3 syllables
  • canary
  • contrary
  • Guarneri
  • parrying
  • unwary
4 syllables
5 syllables
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