Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal)Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

    сверхъесте́ственныйsverxʺjestéstvennyj

  2. (informal)Spooked; afraid; frightened.

  3. (informal)Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

    норови́стыйnorovístyj

    unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Examples

29 sentences
  1. It's a little spooky out here.

    ruЗдесь жутковато. — odexed

  2. It's kind of spooky in here.

    ruЗдесь жутковато. — odexed

  3. It was kind of spooky in the cave.

    ruВ пещере было жутковато. — Wezel

  4. I heard a spooky sound coming from the attic.

  5. I saw a spooky white face looking in the window.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
eerie; suggestive of ghosts:
unpredictably excitable; skittish:

Origin

From spook + -y.

From spook + -y.

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Forms

spookier, spookiest
Comparativespookier Lesson
Superlativespookiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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