spooky
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈspuːki/
:
espeluznante
- "Let's go soon, while it's still spooky, the way the prospectors left it," Claire said.
- a spooky old house
This may sound a little spooky, but it's not spooky.
- This may sound a little spooky, but it's not spooky.
- You got like spooky alien ships in the trailer.
- No, I better get spooky out there on Halloween.
- It seems kind of spooky, dark, gritty sort of thing.
- It's just it feels very dark and spooky in this old home.
- He is still super spooky in a very cool way.
- And everywhere you look, people are Hawking spooky Halloween swag.
Examples
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I said we wanted to explore it because it's such a spooky place.
Fiction book (1993) -
Who wants to hear a spooky story?
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It's just it feels very dark and spooky in this old home.
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"The place I found at that address looked pretty spooky," my wife said.
Fiction book (1994) -
The reader has to get a spooky feeling, knowing how this will end.
Academic text (2002) -
Avis, something really spooky happened last night.
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This is... kinda spooky, isn't it?
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We've got all these spooky treats now.
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Please dig into your first course of spooky peeled grapes.
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As the wind howled through the trees, the old mansion appeared especially spooky at night.
Synonyms
763
1.0
Causing fear or making you feel afraid
366
3.0
Making you feel nervous, uncomfortable, or a little afraid
287
3.0
Causing someone to feel afraid
209
5.3
Making people feel very afraid
165
6.9
Strange in a way that makes you feel scared or nervous
95
4.5
Makes people feel very afraid and shocked
91
5.1
A strange, frightening feeling as if ghosts are nearby
61
7.0
Strange or mysterious in a way that makes you feel uneasy
40
4.7
Having a pale, quiet look that feels scary
25
3.8
Strange in a way that seems caused by ghosts or spirits
19
2.9
Causing strong fear and worry
6
5.1
Very scary and likely to make someone feel afraid
5
7.5
Looking like a ghost and causing fear
1
5.3
Making you feel very scared or worried
1
6.0
Making you feel afraid or nervous
1
8.5
That makes you shiver with fear
Strange in a way that makes you feel afraid or uneasy
Strange and frightening in a way that seems supernatural
Causing strong fear or disgust that makes you shiver
Scaring people with sudden shocks that make them scream
Making people feel afraid
Making someone feel very afraid
Antonyms
Compounds
How Spooky
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Morphology
Etymology
Spooky comes from spook, a word for 'ghost' that came into English from Dutch, so the picture is of something ghost-like. That's why spooky means eerie or frightening in a way that makes you feel nervous.