spooky
English
/spuːki/
adj
Definitions
- (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
- (informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
- (informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).
Etymology
Suf 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
- spookily English
- spookiness English
- spookish English
- spookless English
- spookmaster English
- spookshow English
- spookspeak English
- spooktacular English
- spooktastic English
- superspook English
- spook Dutch, Flemish