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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
From scenes depicting childhood monsters to an inspired take on the boogeyman’s evil lair, this season’s teams create some of the spookiest and most mouthwatering displays yet.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
There are less than 80 days to go before Halloween, and one of the season's spookiest retailers is now officially open for business.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
As the spookiest day of the year inches closer, retailers are gearing up for the season — including Spirit Halloween, the seasonal giant known for taking over vacant storefronts each fall.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
Class is back in session at Nevermore Academy—the supernatural outcasts of Netflix’s Wednesday return to school for an even spookier second season.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
There are less than 80 days to go before Halloween, and one of the season's spookiest retailers is now officially open for business.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
As the spookiest day of the year inches closer, retailers are gearing up for the season — including Spirit Halloween, the seasonal giant known for taking over vacant storefronts each fall.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
Class is back in session at Nevermore Academy—the supernatural outcasts of Netflix’s Wednesday return to school for an even spookier second season.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
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Neurons and glial cells are like dance partners in the brain, coordinating moves that shape how signals flow and how excitable neurons become.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tony has fully bought into the dream, and Skarsgård plays him with excitable, boyish humor, almost as if the whole thing were a game.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Wax Child is an eerie, unsettling book about a group of women who have apparently been possessed and empowered by a tall and headless Devil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Uckotter’s eerie depictions of attics, slip dresses, and toys calls to mind the cinematic worlds created by David Lynch.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Against Świątek, in two nervous moments, one of them on match point, net cords had given her safe harbor.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The district’s disparate parts would be connected largely by two-lane highways cutting through steep slopes of places such as the Modoc National Forest, where nervous drivers must beware of a lack of guardrails.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Her voice, later verified by outlets including The Washington Post and Sky News, became one of the most haunting symbols of the war.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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And in 2022, Semafor worked with an artist to illustrate and animate an interview using AI tools to create a haunting video interpretation of life in Ukraine under Russian occupation.—
Gina Chua,
semafor.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The creepy hand is hand-crafted from metal and pairs well with the line’s other stemware, too.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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Cute + creepy = money-printing machine.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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