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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
Fear not—these last-minute costume options are easy to make at home and will look fabulous even when up against the people who were able to plan ahead for the spookiest night of the year.
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Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
What’s spookier than Halloween this fall?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
As what many Michiganders consider the spookiest night of the year approaches, the National Weather Service is predicting a pretty typical Halloween in Detroit.
—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
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Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
What’s spookier than Halloween this fall?
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
As what many Michiganders consider the spookiest night of the year approaches, the National Weather Service is predicting a pretty typical Halloween in Detroit.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
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An unexpected collaboration opportunity is very possible under today’s trine between excitable Mars and erratic Uranus.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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At the Ricardo residence in the ’50s sitcom I Love Lucy, over-the-top housewife Lucy and Ricky, her excitable husband, were always getting into some sort of entertaining hijinks.—
Michael Gioia,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2026
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The jury described it as a rare film that stays lodged in memory, calling it both eerie and brutally beautiful.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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The pained-looking expressions on the faces and a gloss of eerie motion smoothing communicate the central thesis that Altman can’t be trusted.—
Cath Virginia,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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But with all that protection and all the money spent, neighbors like Brown are still nervous.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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His presence made Kennedy nervous.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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While its 209-minute runtime may be daunting, the film moves along at an entertaining clip (thanks in part to master editor Thelma Schoonmaker), and the viewer's patience is rewarded with a haunting conclusion that recontextualizes all that came before.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
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The 2019 overdose death of aspiring personal trainer Cody McLaury was found to have a haunting connection to Perry.—
Jack Hannah,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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A lot of people have had a very creepy experience with their phones.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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That climax is sufficiently creepy.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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