spooky

English

Etymology

From spook +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /spuːki/
• Rhymes: -uːki

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

1. eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural
2. unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses)

Derived terms

• spookily

Translations

eerie; suggestive of ghosts

• German: gespenstisch, geisterhaft, spukhaft
• Mandarin:

  Mandarin: 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)

• Russian: сверхъестественный (ru) (sverxʺjestestvennyj)
• Swedish: spöklik (sv)

unpredictably excitable; skittish