spooky
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| —adj , spookier, spookiest | |
| 1. | ghostly or eerie: a spooky house |
| 2. | resembling or appropriate to a ghost |
| 3. | (US) easily frightened; highly strung |
| spookily | |
| —adv | |
| spookiness | |
| —n | |
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Spooky
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
Usually implies something spooky, beyond normal experience or defying scientific explanation.
Which could also account for the spooky effect observed in quantum mechanics.
They make trees look spooky, and they prefer not to be disturbed.
Along with carving pumpkins and trick-or-treating, reading spooky stories is a great way to celebrate.
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