spooky

English

Etymology

From spook +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spuːki/
• Rhymes: -uːki

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

1. (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
2. (informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
   • 2011, Wilbur Page, I Had to Do It My Way!: One Man's Journey Through Life (page 88)

     I thought it was nice, though I found it very quiet, and whenever I was alone in it, I felt spooky.

3. (informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Derived terms

• spookily

Translations

eerie; suggestive of ghosts

• Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) m (prizračen)
• Czech: strašidelný m
• German: ^{(please verify)} gespenstisch (de), ^{(please verify)} geisterhaft (de), ^{(please verify)} spukhaft
• (deprecated template usage) Mandarin:

  Mandarin: 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)

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• Portuguese: fantasmagórico
• Russian: сверхъесте́ственный (ru) (sverxʺjestéstvennyj)
• Swedish: spöklik (sv)

unpredictably excitable; skittish

• Bulgarian: плашлив (bg) m (plašliv)
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• Czech: vystrašený m, vyděšený (cs) m