spooky

[ spoo-kee ]
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adjective,spook·i·er, spook·i·est.Informal.
  1. like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.

  2. eerie; scary.

  1. (especially of horses) nervous; skittish.

Origin of spooky

1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; spook + -y1

Other words from spooky

  • spook·i·ly, adverb
  • spook·i·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for spooky

spooky

/ (ˈspuːkɪ) /


adjectivespookier or spookiest informal
  1. ghostly or eerie: a spooky house

  2. resembling or appropriate to a ghost

  1. US easily frightened; highly strung

Derived forms of spooky

  • spookily, adverb
  • spookiness, noun

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