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View usage for: (spuːk) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense spooks, present participle spooking, past tense, past participle spooked1. countable nounA spook is a ghost. [informal] 2. countable nounA spook is a spy. [US, informal] ...as a U.S. intelligence spook said yesterday. Synonyms: spy, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent More Synonyms of spook 3. verbIf people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. [mainly US] But was it the wind that spooked her? [VERB noun] Investors were spooked by slowing economies. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: frighten, alarm, scare, terrify More Synonyms of spook spooked adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] He was so spooked that he began to believe he heard strange clicks on the telephone. More Synonyms of spook (spuːk) informal noun1. a ghost or a person suggestive of this 3. South Africa slang any pale or colourless alcoholic spirit spook and diesel verb (transitive) US and Canadian4. to frighten to spook horses to spook a person Derived forms spookish (ˈspookish) adjective Word origin C19: Dutch spook, from Middle Low German spōk ghost spook in American English (spuk) US, Informal noun2. any person suggestive of a specter or ghost, as an eccentric, a secret agent, etc. verb transitive3. to haunt (a person or place) 4. to startle, frighten, make nervous, annoy, etc. verb intransitive5. to become frightened or startled Word origin Du, akin to Ger spukExamples of 'spook' in a sentencespook Definition a ghost She woke up to see a spook hovering over her bed. Synonyms soul manes revenant phantasmeidolon kehua (New Zealand) (US, informal) spooks working in signals intelligence Synonyms double agent secret service agent undercover agent moleforeign agent fifth columnist nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition to frighten But was it the wind that spooked her? Synonyms petrify scare (someone) stiff put the wind up (someone) (informal) scare the living daylights out of (someone) (informal) make your hair stand on end (informal) get the wind up make your blood run cold throw into a panic scare the bejesus out of (informal) affright (archaic) freeze your blood make (someone) jump out of their skin (informal) throw into a fright Additional synonymsDefinition to fill with fear We could not see what had alarmed him. Synonyms frighten, shock, scare, panic, distress, terrify, startle, rattle, dismay, daunt, unnerve, terrorize, put the wind up (informal), give (someone) a turn (informal), scare the bejesus out of (informal), make (someone's) hair stand on end Definition a ghost or ghostlike figure She recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen. Synonyms ghost, spirit, shade (literary), phantom, spectre, spook (informal), wraith, chimera, revenant, visitant, eidolon, atua (New Zealand), kehua (New Zealand) Nothing evil could daunt them. Synonyms discourage, alarm, shake, frighten, scare, terrify, cow, intimidate, deter, dismay, put off, subdue, overawe, frighten off, dishearten, dispirit- spontaneous
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Additional synonymsDefinition to subdue or influence (someone) through fear Attempts to intimidate people into voting for them failed. Synonyms frighten, pressure, threaten, alarm, scare, terrify, cow, bully, plague, menace, hound, awe, daunt, harass, subdue, oppress, persecute, lean on (informal), coerce, overawe, scare off (informal), terrorize, pressurize, browbeat, twist someone's arm (informal), tyrannize, dishearten, dispirit, scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic), domineerSynonyms phantom, spirit, shade (literary), ghost, spectre, spook (informal), apparition, wraith, revenant, eidolon Definition an apparition or spectre Many people claimed to have seen the phantom. Synonyms spectre, ghost, spirit, shade (literary), spook (informal), apparition, wraith, revenant, phantasm, eidolon Definition to frighten or be frightened She's just trying to scare me. Synonyms frighten, alarm, terrify, panic, shock, startle, intimidate, dismay, daunt, terrorize, put the wind up (someone) (informal), give (someone) a fright, give (someone) a turn (informal), scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic) Definition a person employed by a government to find out the military and political secrets of other governments He was blacklisted as a secret agent. Synonyms spy, undercover agent, spook (US, Canadian, informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), cloak-and-dagger man Definition a ghost His writing benefits from the shade of Lincoln hovering over his shoulder. Synonyms ghost, spirit, shadow, phantom, spectre, manes, apparition, eidolon, kehua (New Zealand) Definition a ghost His spectre is said to walk the castle battlements. Synonyms ghost, spirit, phantom, presence, vision, shadow, shade (literary), apparition, wraith, eidolon, kehua (New Zealand) Definition a supernatural being, such as a ghost Do you believe in the existence of evil spirits? Synonyms ghost, phantom, spectre, vision, shadow, shade (literary), spook (informal), apparition, sprite, eidolon, atua (New Zealand), kehua (New Zealand) Definition to slightly surprise or frighten someone The telephone startled him. Synonyms surprise, shock, alarm, frighten, scare, agitate, take (someone) aback, make (someone) jump, give (someone) a turn (informal), scare the bejesus out of (informal) Definition to frighten greatly The thought of a slow, painful death terrified me. Synonyms frighten, scare, petrify, alarm, intimidate, terrorize, scare to death, put the fear of God into, make your hair stand on end, fill with terror, make your flesh creep, make your blood run cold, scare the bejesus out of (informal), frighten out of your wits Additional synonymsDefinition to cause to lose courage, confidence, or self-control The news about Dermot had unnerved me. Synonyms shake, upset, disconcert, disturb, intimidate, frighten, rattle (informal), discourage, dismay, daunt, disarm, confound, fluster, faze, unman, demoralize, unhinge, psych out (informal), throw off balance, dishearten, dispiritDefinition a ghost She believed herself to have been visited by wraiths from the afterlife. Synonyms ghost, spirit, shade (literary), phantom, spectre, spook (informal), apparition, revenant, eidolon, kehua (New Zealand) |