spookedadj.
U.S. slang.
a. Frightened; nervy; dogged by ill-fortune.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective]
unseelyOE
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stiff1919
spooked1937
jinxed1972
the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [adjective] > nervous
nervous1740
nerve-shaken1818
twitchety1859
nervy1873
trepidatious1904
all of a wonk1918
spooky1926
squirrelly1928
jittery1931
spooked1937
hinky1956
psyched1961
nattery1966
1937 E. Hemingway To have & have Not i. iii. 50 He would get to worrying and get so spooked he wouldn't be any use.
1952 B. Harwin Home is Upriver xiii. 128 The cattle backed away to the far side, a skittish, spooked mass of bristling horns and rolling eyes.
1969 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes (1970) li. 137 Don't get spooked when something comes up you didn't figure on.
1970 E. Tidyman Shaft (1971) x. 132 There were still some people..staring into the night. The spooked, the stoned and the sleepless.
1977 E. Leonard Unknown Man No. 89 xxi. 214 He was running for town, spooked good now, in a panic.
b. spooked up, excited, pepped up.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [adjective]
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thrilly1893
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all of a doodah1915
hopped-up1923
adrenalized1935
volted1936
hyped1938
spooked up1939
twitterpated1942
up1942
jazzed1955
psyched1963
amped1967
plugged-in1967
torqued1967
buzzy1978
1939 P. G. Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime iii. 43 I saw one of those Western pictures at our local cinema last night, in which a character described himself as being all spooked up with zip and vinegar. That is precisely how I feel. The yeast of spring is fermenting in my veins, and I am ready for anything.
1969 C. F. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 85 Well this makes her pretty happy and she gets so spooked up about it that she ran into the city and forgot her jar of water.
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