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spook·y
(spo͞o′kē)adj. spook·i·er, spook·i·est Informal
1. Suggestive of ghosts or spirits, especially in being eerie or disturbing: a spooky attic.
2. Easily startled; skittish: a spooky horse.
spook′i·ly adv.
spook′i·ness n.
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spooky
(ˈspuːkɪ)adj, spookier or spookiest
1. ghostly or eerie: a spooky house.
2. resembling or appropriate to a ghost
3. US easily frightened; highly strung
ˈspookily adv
ˈspookiness n
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spook•y
(ˈspu ki)adj. spook•i•er, spook•i•est.
1. like or befitting a spook; suggestive of spooks.
2. eerie; scary.
3. (esp. of horses) nervous; skittish.
[1850–55, Amer.]
spook′i•ly, adv.
spook′i•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | spooky - unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) excitable - easily excited |
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spooky
adjective eerie, frightening, chilling, ghostly, weird, mysterious, scary (informal), unearthly, supernatural, uncanny, creepy (informal), spine-chilling The whole place had a slightly spooky atmosphere.
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spooky
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Translations
شَبَحيشَبَحِيّ
strašidelný
uhyggelig
aavemainen
sablastan
draugalegur
気味の悪い
무시무시한
kuslig
น่ากลัว
như ma quỷ
spooky
[ˈspuːkɪ] ADJ (spookier (compar) (spookiest (superl))) → espeluznante, horripilantethe house is really spooky at night → la casa te pone los pelos de punta de noche
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
spooky
[ˈspuːki] adj [atmosphere] → qui donne la chair de poule, sinistre; [house] → sinistrea spooky coincidence → une étrange coïncidence
a spooky story → une histoire qui fait froid dans le dos
spooky!
I was just thinking of him when he phoned. Spooky! → Je pensais justement à lui quand il a téléphoné. Bizarre, non?
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spooky
adj (+er) (inf)
→ gespenstisch, gruselig (inf)
(= strange) → sonderbar; it was really spooky → das war wirklich ein sonderbares or eigenartiges Gefühl; to bear a spooky resemblance to somebody/something → eine unheimliche Ähnlichkeit mit jdm/etw haben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
spooky
[ˈspuːkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → sinistro/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
spook
(spuːk) noun a ghost.
ˈspooky adjective eerie and suggesting the presence of ghosts. It's very spooky walking through the graveyard at night.
ˈspookiness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
spooky
→ شَبَحِيّ strašidelný uhyggelig schaurig απόκοσμος espeluznante aavemainen effroyable sablastan sinistro 気味の悪い 무시무시한 spookachtig skummel straszny assustador зловещий kuslig น่ากลัว ürkütücü như ma quỷ 幽灵般的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009