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- [spoo-kee]
- /ˈspu ki/
- /ˈspuː.ki/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spoo-kee]
- /ˈspu ki/
Definitions of spooky word
- adjective spooky like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks. 1
- adjective spooky eerie; scary. 1
- adjective spooky (especially of horses) nervous; skittish. 1
- adjective spooky coincidence, etc: uncanny 1
- adjective spooky A place that is spooky has a frightening atmosphere, and makes you feel that there are ghosts around. 0
- adjective spooky ghostly or eerie 0
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Origin of spooky
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; spook + -y1
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Parts of speech for Spooky
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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spooky popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
spooky usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spooky
adj spooky
- apparitional — of or relating to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly, spectral
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- fidgety — restless; impatient; uneasy.
- ghostly — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
adjective spooky
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- crawly — feeling or causing a sensation like creatures crawling on one's skin
- creepy — If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- eerie — uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
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