Synonyms for spooky

Grammar : Adj

Spell : spoo-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspu ki

Top 10 synonyms for spooky

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Définition of spooky

Origin : 1854, "frightening;" 1926, "easily frightened," from spook (v.) + -y (2). Related: Spookily; spookiness.

adj frightening

Example sentences :

"I hate to go through the grove, it's so spooky," she said, as they hurried along.
Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh

“What a horrid, spooky place,” she spoke with a shiver, peering within.
Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer

Feel how the bridge shakes in the wind; it's kind of spooky like, hey?
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

We'll make the whole thing as spooky and mysterious as we can.
Extract from : « Paul and the Printing Press » by Sara Ware Bassett

It was spooky in the rooms upstairs, and equally spooky in the ones downstairs.
Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann

Gives a chap a bit of a spooky feeling, all this, doesn't it?
Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the Commandos » by R. Sidney Bowen

“Spooky business, being here alone in this cave,” he thought.
Extract from : « Forbidden Cargoes » by Roy J. Snell

“This is a spooky place after dark,” she thought uncomfortably.
Extract from : « The Missing Formula » by Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt

Now when we got to Skeleton Cove we saw it was all shady and spooky, like.
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Motor Caravan » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

And hearing him speak gave her a spooky feeling all up and down her spine.
Extract from : « Joan of the Journal » by Helen Diehl Olds

Antonyms for spooky

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