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spooky

(spuːki)
Word forms: comparative spookier, superlative spookiest
adjective
A place that is spooky has a frightening atmosphere, and makes you feel that there are ghosts around.
[informal]
The whole place has a slightly spooky atmosphere.
Synonyms: eerie, frightening, chilling, ghostly More Synonyms of spooky

spooky in British English

(ˈspuːkɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: spookier or spookiest informal
1. 
ghostly or eerie
a spooky house
2. 
resembling or appropriate to a ghost
3.  US
easily frightened; highly strung
Derived forms
spookily (ˈspookily)
adverb
spookiness (ˈspookiness)
noun

spooky in American English

(ˈspuki)
US
adjectiveWord forms: ˈspookier or ˈspookiest Informal
1. 
of, like, or suggesting a spook or spooks; weird; eerie
2. 
easily spooked; nervous, apprehensive, fearful, jumpy, etc.
Derived forms
spookily (ˈspookily)
adverb
spookiness (ˈspookiness)
noun

Examples of 'spooky' in a sentence
spooky

Your love power is a little spooky.
The Sun (2009)
It has got a very spooky feel.
The Sun (2015)
There is something spooky about how things change in an instant in politics.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Anything that can grow in the dark is a bit spooky.
The Sun (2011)
The next note seems to suggest he was initially thinking of this as something quite spooky.
The Sun (2016)
But seeing it lying there is still slightly spooky.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And the addition of vast shadows looming back and forth make it feel spooky rather than openly experimental.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She timed her telling so that the cloud engulfed us just as she got to the spooky bit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the second weird element of this spooky tale is that these two wrongs are making a sort of right.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The experience can feel pretty spooky.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The spooky drama moves to a new home on E4 for its ninth series.
The Sun (2015)
The spooky music and lighting add to the disquieting, supernatural mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Then, a trio of spooky tales.
The Sun (2006)
Romance is a little spooky when you realise you can read a partner's thoughts.
The Sun (2011)
Next, three spooky tales featuring the family.
The Sun (2006)
The Commons was infected by the kind of spooky coincidences that tend to happen when spies are involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A chain of spooky coincidences brings a friend back into your life.
The Sun (2006)
Your love power is a little spooky - just thinking of a name draws that person to your side.
The Sun (2008)
What seems like a spooky coincidence brings a friend back into your life - and they have lucky plans to share.
The Sun (2006)
Were they caused by spooky goings-on?
The Sun (2006)
Which neatly brings us to Humans, a new spooky drama about artificial intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Generally, though, this is mainstream music with a spooky gown hastily thrown over it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are some spooky goings-on in this Halloween episode of the family comedy.
The Sun (2009)

In other languages
spooky

British English: spooky /ˈspuːkɪ/ ADJECTIVE
If something is spooky, it has a frightening and unnatural atmosphere.
It's really spooky out here.
  • American English: spooky
  • Arabic: شَبَحِيّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: assustador
  • Chinese: 幽灵般的
  • Croatian: sablastan
  • Czech: strašidelný
  • Danish: uhyggelig
  • Dutch: spookachtig
  • European Spanish: espeluznante
  • Finnish: aavemainen
  • French: effroyable
  • German: schaurig
  • Greek: απόκοσμος
  • Italian: sinistro
  • Japanese: 気味の悪い
  • Korean: 무시무시한
  • Norwegian: skummel
  • Polish: straszny
  • European Portuguese: assustador
  • Romanian: fantomatic
  • Russian: зловещий
  • Latin American Spanish: espeluznante
  • Swedish: kuslig
  • Thai: น่ากลัว
  • Turkish: ürkütücü
  • Ukrainian: страхітливий
  • Vietnamese: như ma quỷ

Chinese translation of 'spooky'

spooky

(ˈspuːkɪ) (inf)

adj

  1. 阴(陰)森森的 (yīnsēnsēn de)
(adjective) 
The whole place had a slightly spooky atmosphere.
Synonyms
eerie
An eerie silence settled over the forest.
frightening
The latest crime statistics are frightening.
chilling
ghostly
The moon shed a ghostly light on the fields.
weird
I had such a weird dream last night.
mysterious
He died in mysterious circumstances.
scary (informal)
I think prison is going to be a scary thing for Harry.
unearthly
The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly.
supernatural
evil spirits who looked like humans and possessed supernatural powers
uncanny
I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me.
creepy (informal)
This place is really creepy at night.
spine-chilling
There was a spine-chilling scream.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of creepy
Definition
causing a feeling of fear or disgust
This place is really creepy at night.
Synonyms
disturbing,
threatening,
frightening,
terrifying,
weird,
forbidding,
horrible,
menacing,
unpleasant,
scary (informal),
sinister,
ominous,
eerie,
macabre,
nightmarish,
hair-raising,
awful
in the sense of frightening
The latest crime statistics are frightening.
Synonyms
terrifying,
shocking (informal),
alarming,
appalling,
startling,
dreadful,
horrifying,
menacing,
intimidating,
dismaying,
scary (informal),
fearful,
daunting,
fearsome,
unnerving,
spooky (informal),
hair-raising,
baleful,
spine-chilling,
bloodcurdling
in the sense of ghostly
Definition
frightening in appearance or effect
The moon shed a ghostly light on the fields.
Synonyms
unearthly,
weird,
phantom,
eerie,
supernatural,
uncanny,
spooky (informal),
spectral,
eldritch (poetic),
ghostlike,
phantasmal,
wraithlike

Nearby words of
spooky

  • spontaneously
  • spoof
  • spook
  • spooky
  • spoon-feed
  • sporadic
  • sport

Synonyms of 'spooky'

spooky

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of mysterious
Definition
of unknown cause or nature
He died in mysterious circumstances.
Synonyms
strange,
unknown,
puzzling,
curious,
secret,
hidden,
weird,
concealed,
obscure,
baffling,
veiled,
mystical,
perplexing,
uncanny,
incomprehensible,
mystifying,
impenetrable,
arcane,
inexplicable,
cryptic,
insoluble,
unfathomable,
abstruse,
recondite,
Delphic
in the sense of scary
Definition
quite frightening
I think prison is going to be a scary thing for Harry.
Synonyms
frightening,
alarming,
terrifying,
shocking,
chilling,
horrifying,
intimidating,
horrendous,
hairy (slang),
unnerving,
spooky (informal),
creepy (informal),
hair-raising,
spine-chilling,
bloodcurdling
in the sense of spine-chilling
There was a spine-chilling scream.
Synonyms
frightening,
terrifying,
horrifying,
scary (informal),
eerie,
spooky (informal),
hair-raising,
bloodcurdling
in the sense of supernatural
Definition
of or relating to things that cannot be explained by science, such as clairvoyance, ghosts, etc.
evil spirits who looked like humans and possessed supernatural powers
Synonyms
paranormal,
mysterious,
unearthly,
uncanny,
dark,
hidden,
ghostly,
psychic,
phantom,
abnormal,
mystic,
miraculous,
unnatural,
occult,
spectral,
preternatural,
supranatural
in the sense of uncanny
Definition
weird or mysterious
I had this uncanny feeling that Alice was warning me.
Synonyms
weird,
strange,
mysterious,
queer (archaic),
unearthly,
eerie,
supernatural,
unnatural,
spooky (informal),
creepy (informal),
eldritch (poetic),
preternatural
in the sense of unearthly
Definition
strange, unnatural, or eerie
The sound was so serene that it seemed unearthly.
Synonyms
eerie,
strange,
supernatural,
ghostly,
weird,
phantom,
uncanny,
spooky (informal),
nightmarish,
spectral,
eldritch (poetic),
preternatural
in the sense of weird
Definition
suggestive of the supernatural
I had such a weird dream last night.
Synonyms
strange,
odd,
unusual,
bizarre,
ghostly,
mysterious,
queer (archaic),
unearthly,
eerie,
grotesque,
supernatural,
unnatural,
far-out (slang),
uncanny,
spooky (informal),
creepy (informal),
eldritch (poetic)
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