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spooky

[ spoo-kee ]

adjective

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


ˈspooky

/ ˈspuːkɪ /

adjective

  1. ghostly or eerie

    a spooky house

  2. resembling or appropriate to a ghost
  3. easily frightened; highly strung


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Derived Forms

  • ˈspookiness, noun
  • ˈspookily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • spooki·ly adverb
  • spooki·ness 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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Example Sentences

Warne looked—in the words of the Daily Mail—“like a spooky waxwork.”

Spooky Tooth had reformed quite a while before I received the call and were touring quite often.

When we all saw this, both my brothers turned to look at me in the car and pulled ‘spooky’ faces at me.

“As much as I love sunny meadows and bunnies, I also love spooky forests with owls,” she says.

Formerly a playground for Sunday school kids, it has a spooky, cloistered feel to it.

I don't believe there is anything spooky about that building.

"I hate to go through the grove, it's so spooky," she said, as they hurried along.

And again the ghostly hoot of the owl made the little patch of woods seem more spooky and lonesome.

A lonely owl answered with a dismal shriek from a distant tree, making the night seem still more spooky.

Those were gnomes—the real spooky, spinky kind that give you the shivers up and down your back when they're out gnoming.

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