spooky

English

Etymology

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English spook

English -y

English spooky

From spook + -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspuːki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːki

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

1. (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

   Synonym: eldritch

2. (informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
   • 2011, Wilbur Page, I Had to Do It My Way!: One Man's Journey Through Life, page 88:

     I thought it was nice, though I found it very quiet, and whenever I was alone in it, I felt spooky.

3. (informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Derived terms

• ooky-spooky
• spookily
• spookiness
• Spooktober
• spooky action at a distance
• spooky-ass
• spooky PAC
• spooky season
• spoopy
• unspooky

Translations

eerie; suggestive of ghosts — see also scary

• Arabic: مُخيف m (mukhīf), مُخيفة f (mukhīfa)
• Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) m (prizračen)
• Catalan: esgarrifós (ca), estrany (ca)
• Czech: strašidelný m
• Finnish: aavemainen (fi)
• French: esfrayant, effrayant (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} gespenstisch (de), ^{(please verify)} geisterhaft (de), ^{(please verify)} spukhaft
• Hindi: भुतहा (bhuthā)
• Italian: spaventoso (it)
• Latin: arcānus
• Norwegian: nifs
• Portuguese: fantasmagórico (pt)
• Russian: сверхъесте́ственный (ru) (sverxʺjestéstvennyj)
• Spanish: espeluznante (es)
• Swedish: spöklik (sv)

unpredictably excitable; skittish

• Bulgarian: плашлив (bg) m (plašliv)
• Czech: vystrašený (cs) m, vyděšený (cs) m
• Russian: норови́стый (ru) m (norovístyj)

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 詭異 / 诡异 (zh) (guǐyì), ^{(please verify)} 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)