nnoun.personsomeone unpleasantly strange or eccentricSynset:creep weirdie weirdo weirdy
Derivationally Related Form:creepcreepy
Hypernyms:disagreeable person unpleasant person
Inherited Hypernyms:creepunpleasant personunwelcome personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:creepunpleasant personunwelcome personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.cognitiona mental representation of some haunting experienceSynset:ghost shade specter spectre wraith
Examples:- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
Derivationally Related Form:ghostspook
Hypernyms:apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom shadow
Inherited Hypernyms:ghostapparitionillusionappearancerepresentationcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.emotionfrighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent actionExamples:- The noise spooked the horse
Derivationally Related Form:spook
Hypernyms:affright fright frighten scare
Inherited Hypernyms:spookfrightenstimulatearousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: spook)