spooky

English

Etymology

From spook +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /spuːki/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -uːki

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

(informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
(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.
(informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Derived terms

Translations

eerie; suggestive of ghosts

Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) m (prizračen)
Czech: strašidelný m
German: ^{(please verify)} gespenstisch (de), ^{(please verify)} geisterhaft (de), ^{(please verify)} spukhaft
Hindi: भुतहा (bhuthā)
Norwegian: nifs
Portuguese: fantasmagórico (pt)
Russian: сверхъесте́ственный (ru) (sverxʺjestéstvennyj)
Swedish: spöklik (sv)

unpredictably excitable; skittish

Bulgarian: плашлив (bg) m (plašliv)
Czech: vystrašený m, vyděšený (cs) m

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

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