spooky

English

Etymology

From spook +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural
- 2016 April 10, John Oliver, “Credit Reports”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 8, HBO:
  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!
unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses)

Derived terms

spookily

Translations

eerie; suggestive of ghosts

Czech: strašidelný m
German: ^{(please verify)} gespenstisch, ^{(please verify)} geisterhaft, ^{(please verify)} spukhaft
Mandarin:
Mandarin: 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)

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

unpredictably excitable; skittish

Czech: vystrašený m, vyděšený m

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