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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a spooky horse shying at shadows
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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
a spooky tale of strange hauntings and mysterious reincarnations
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Recent Examples of spooky
As what many Michiganders consider the spookiest night of the year approaches, the National Weather Service is predicting a pretty typical Halloween in Detroit.
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The spookiest day of the year is just a few days away and after a stretch of rain and chilly temperatures, more wet weather is on the way.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025
San Diego's The Whaley House was the third spookiest site on the list, reportedly haunted by descendants of the Whaley family.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
There isn't much time left until the spookiest night of the year.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
The spookiest day of the year is just a few days away and after a stretch of rain and chilly temperatures, more wet weather is on the way.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Oct. 2025
San Diego's The Whaley House was the third spookiest site on the list, reportedly haunted by descendants of the Whaley family.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
There isn't much time left until the spookiest night of the year.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
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By 1984, each of the British new wave gods’ first three albums had gone platinum, their cinematic videos were regularly rotated on MTV, and nonstop global touring attracted Swiftian levels of excitable fans.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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The venue was crammed with excitable 20- and 30-something women, among them Willa Bennett, the editor of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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In a very eerie Hitchcock-like episode, the Frenchman returns to remind Boone of his critical part in the climate crisis.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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When the crashing stopped, an eerie quiet fell over the highway.—
Nichole Manna,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Jan. 2026
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While the money is flowing, state officials are still nervous.—
Miquéla V Thornton,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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The atmosphere at the Emirates was nervous, too, and their next two opponents — Leeds (away) and Sunderland (home) — will give no quarter.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the path winds through cypress groves and leads to the haunting ruins of Sutro Baths.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The ubiquity of the state’s homelessness has become one of its most distinctive traits—a haunting tableau of its unaffordability and social disorder.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2026
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Interesting, but creepy and not big enough in scope.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Tubi and horror movies go together like a creepy doll and a haunted house.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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