1
as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a spooky horse shying at shadows
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2
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
Blue Prince lacks jump scares or creepy noises or a spooky presence tracing your steps, but a handful of cutscenes that occur in some rooms conjure a sense of dread.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
Things have gotten a little spooky since Emma Chamberlain last shared her Beauty Secrets with Vogue.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Looking for some spooky souvenirs to bring back home?
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The ominously spooky vibes are off the charts and things go very badly, very quickly for the friends.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
Things have gotten a little spooky since Emma Chamberlain last shared her Beauty Secrets with Vogue.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
Looking for some spooky souvenirs to bring back home?
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The ominously spooky vibes are off the charts and things go very badly, very quickly for the friends.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spooky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
Adjective
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Groups of excitable teenage boys waited their turn to play EA FC on a bank of massive flat screen TVs.—
James Montague,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Wisner was an excitable workaholic, like a squirrel pointlessly leaping in all directions.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Pink Floyd stayed for extended periods, and the band used the eerie image of an island windmill on the cover of its soundtrack for More, Barbet Schroeder’s 1969 film about the hippie-heroin scene that was partly filmed on the island.—
Julia Chaplin,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2025
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Lots of them, all making those eerie, human-sounding cries.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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A little nervous at first, Harry does well calling the boat in.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The Trump administration became increasingly nervous at the prospect of a major war erupting in one of the most populous places on the planet.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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The case is haunting, the mystery compelling, and the international threads gripping.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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Cruise portrayed two of the most haunting characters of his career around the time Bale was watching him on the talk show circuit, as a megalomaniacal motivational speaker in Magnolia and a man pulled into a dangerous web of cultish goings-on in Eyes Wide Shut.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Coraline features terrific voice performances by Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher, and a tone that perfectly rides the line between creepy and spellbinding.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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The 1988 original is a creepy comedy classic, and its supernatural sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, was also a hit at the box office, grossing more than $400 million worldwide.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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