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spook·y

   [spoo-kee]
adjective, spook·i·er, spook·i·est. Informal.
1.
like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
2.
eerie; scary.
3.
(especially of horses) nervous; skittish.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; spook + -y1

Related forms
spook·i·ly, adverb
spook·i·ness, noun
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spooky (ˈspuːkɪ)
 
—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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