spookish
English
adj
Definitions
- (informal) Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky.
- (informal) Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved.
Etymology
Compound from English spook.
Origin
English
spook
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Spooklight English
- outspook English
- spook English
- spookable English
- spookdom English
- spooker English
- spookery English
- spookfest English
- spookfish English
- spookhouse English
- spookless English
- spookmaster English
- spookshow English
- spookspeak English
- spooktacular English
- spooktastic English
- spooky English
- superspook English
- spook Dutch, Flemish