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Grammar : Adj
Spell : spoo-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspu ki



Definition of spooky

Origin :
  • 1854, "frightening;" 1926, "easily frightened," from spook (v.) + -y (2). Related: Spookily; spookiness.
  • adj frightening
Example sentences :
  • "I hate to go through the grove, it's so spooky," she said, as they hurried along.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • “What a horrid, spooky place,” she spoke with a shiver, peering within.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer
  • Feel how the bridge shakes in the wind; it's kind of spooky like, hey?
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • We'll make the whole thing as spooky and mysterious as we can.
  • Extract from : « Paul and the Printing Press » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • It was spooky in the rooms upstairs, and equally spooky in the ones downstairs.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • Gives a chap a bit of a spooky feeling, all this, doesn't it?
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the Commandos » by R. Sidney Bowen
  • “Spooky business, being here alone in this cave,” he thought.
  • Extract from : « Forbidden Cargoes » by Roy J. Snell
  • “This is a spooky place after dark,” she thought uncomfortably.
  • Extract from : « The Missing Formula » by Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt
  • Now when we got to Skeleton Cove we saw it was all shady and spooky, like.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • And hearing him speak gave her a spooky feeling all up and down her spine.
  • Extract from : « Joan of the Journal » by Helen Diehl Olds

Synonyms for spooky

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