as in haunting
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
the spookish interior of a Victorian mansion that had seen better days
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Adjective
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Held captive in a shadowy basement, Michelle’s ordeal blurs the line between paranoia and revelation on Teddy’s remote ranch, where his hive of bees becomes a haunting metaphor for control.—
Tiana DeNicola,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025 -
The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Officials have released eerie surveillance footage capturing a ‘person of interest’ in the unsolved murders of an Ohio dentist and his wife, who were gunned down inside their home.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Following the murder of their father, siblings Tyler (Connor Jessup), Kinsey (Emilia Jones), and Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) are relocated to his eerie Victorian estate in Massachusetts.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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The woman dressed as a spooky ringmaster while her husband played the part of a creepy clown.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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None of this would work without Jennings’s unsettling performance as a persuasive tempter who nonetheless seems creepy as hell.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Spookish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spookish. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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