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spooky

[ spoo-kee ]

adjective

Informal.
spookier, spookiest.
  1. like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
  2. eerie; scary.
  3. (especially of horses) nervous; skittish.


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adjective

  1. ghostly or eerie

    a spooky house

  2. resembling or appropriate to a ghost
  3. easily frightened; highly strung
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǴǰ쾱Ա, noun
  • ˈǴǰ쾱, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • Ǵǰi· adverb
  • Ǵǰi·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spooky1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; spook + -y 1
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“It was a spooky thing for everybody,” says John Gilroy, who Tony says helped “build the show in the most fundamental way” with him.

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As in most every such show, there is at its center a couple — quantum entangled, their spooky action expressed sometimes at a distance, sometimes clinch-close.

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The land surrounding Frankenstein’s castle is a joy to peruse, as spooky imagery is used to hint at something more mystical.

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Her shadow interacts with the physical world, too, making wind chimes whistle with a wag of her fingers — a deliciously spooky detail the movie doesn’t make enough hay out of.

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The girls were out in the woods for 19 months before they got rescued, and clearly things got spooky and intense out there.

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