spooky

spooky

English

Etymology

From spook +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /spuːki/
• Rhymes: -uːki

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

1. Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
   • 2016 April 10, “Credit Reports”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 8, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     Wow! How could someone called Judy Thomas be mixed up with Judith Kendall? And also, if she’s going to be mistaken for anyone, how is it not Leslie Stahl? Because that is spooky!

2. Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Derived terms

• spookily

Translations

eerie; suggestive of ghosts

Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) m (prizračen) Czech: strašidelný m German: (please verify) gespenstisch (de), (please verify) geisterhaft (de), (please verify) spukhaft Mandarin: Mandarin: 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)

Portuguese: fantasmagórico Russian: сверхъесте́ственный (ru) (sverxʺjestéstvennyj) Swedish: spöklik (sv)

unpredictably excitable; skittish

Bulgarian: плашлив (bg) m (plašliv)

Czech: vystrašený m, vyděšený (cs) m