spooky

adjective

ˈspü-kē

spookier; spookiest

Synonyms of spooky next

: strange, unsettling, or frightening in a way that suggests the supernatural : eerie, uncanny

[Caroline] Shaw's composition … is a mysterious and densely layered four-movement work … with vocalization and spookier in-between sounds that originate deep in the throat: moans, gasps, exhalations of breath.—

Gia Kourlas

Olivia Wilde's new film … owes a debt to many spooky dramas about the dark side of the suburbs—think The Stepford Wives, with even more of a sci-fi edge.—

David Sims

sometimes, specifically : relating to, resembling, or suggesting ghosts or spooks

Spooky stories of Hawaiian night marchers (ghosts of warriors and chiefs) lurking around bushes and walking the trail are often told, but these haunted tales are not true, according to Lopaka Kapanui, a Native Hawaiian master storyteller … —

Christina Hitt

: nervous, skittish

Dealing with Louisa when she was having an attack was very much like dealing with a spooky horse. You had to exude self-confidence …—

Jane Smiley

spookily

ˈspü-kə-lē

adverb

spookiness

ˈspü-kē-nəs

noun

Examples of spooky in a Sentence

The music was pretty spooky. a spooky horse shying at shadows

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Clayface is scheduled to open in the post Labor Day genre calendar sweetspot which is where such big spooky blockbusters like the It and The Nun franchises launched as well as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. —

Justin Kroll, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025 For the Super Bowl, Lady Gaga is delivering heart and spooky fun in equal measure. —

Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 Architecture aside, the cuisine (from hush puppies to delicious seafood and soul food), spooky ghost tours, and beach proximity make Charleston, South Carolina the place to be in spring and summer. —

Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2025 Kids consider costumes ranging from spooky goblins to little angels, and parents begin considering how to ration the candy collected after a long night of trick-or-treating. —

Sen. Dan Hall, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spooky