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10 Language-to-English DictionariesUnscary
/ʌnˈskɛəri/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Not frightening or alarming; causing no fear or apprehension.
"The haunted house ride was designed to be fun and unscary for young children." - 2
Comforting, reassuring, or lacking any elements of intimidation.
"She found the prospect of the medical procedure much more unscary after the doctor explained it."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived by combining the native Old English negative prefix un- (from Proto-Germanic *and-) with the adjective scary, which emerged in the 18th century from the verb scare (ultimately of Old Norse origin, related to skjarr meaning timid). The term reflects the productive English morphological process of suffixing and prefixing to moderate or invert emotional descriptors.
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peu effrayant
Transliteration: pø e.fʁɛ.jɑ̃
"Ce film est assez peu effrayant pour les enfants."
unfurchtbar
Transliteration: ʊnˈfʊʁçtbaːɐ̯
"Die Geisterbahn war für die Kleinen völlig unfurchtbar."
rassicurante
Transliteration: ras.si.kuˈran.te
"La giostra dei fantasmi era piuttosto rassicurante."
poco aterrador
Transliteration: ˈpoko a.te.ra.ðoɾ
"El monstruo del cuento era muy poco aterrador."
pouco assustador
Transliteration: ˈpokw a.sus.taˈdoɾ
Script: pouco assustador
"A história de fantasmas foi bem pouco assustadora."
डरावना नहीं
Transliteration: darawna nahi
"यह भूतिया घर बच्चों के लिए डरावना नहीं था।"
不吓人的
Transliteration: bù xiàrén de
"这个鬼屋设计得一点也不吓人。"
무섭지 않은
Transliteration: museopji aneun
"그 유령의 집은 아이들에게 무섭지 않았습니다."
怖くない
Transliteration: kowakunai
"そのお化け屋敷は子どもたちにとって怖くなかった。"
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