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spook  (spk)

n.

1. Informal A ghost; a specter.

2. Slang A secret agent; a spy.

3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

v. spooked, spook·ing, spooks Informal

v.tr.

1. To haunt.

2. To startle and cause nervous activity in; frighten: The news spooked investors, and stock prices fell.

v.intr.

To become frightened and nervous.

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[Dutch, from Middle Dutch spooc.]

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spook Informal

Noun

1. a ghost

2. a strange and frightening person

Verb

to frighten: it was the wind that spooked her [Dutch]

spooky adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spook - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	spook - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" ghost, specter, wraith, spectre, shade fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Verb	1.	spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse" affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

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spook (Informal)

noun 1. ghost, spirit, phantom, spectre, soul, shade (literary) manes, apparition, wraith, revenant, phantasm, eidolon, kehua N.Z.

verb 2. frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, startle, intimidate, daunt, unnerve, petrify, scare (someone) stiff, put the wind up (someone) (informal) scare the living daylights out of (someone) (informal) make your hair stand on end (informal) get the wind up, make your blood run cold, throw into a panic, scare the bejesus out of (informal) affright (archaic) freeze your blood, make (someone) jump out of his skin (informal) throw into a fright

Translations

spook

n spook [spuːk]

a ghost. spook شَبَح، خَيال призрак strašidlo spøgelse der Spuk φάντασμα espectro kummitus, tont روح kummitus revenant/-ante רוּח רְפָאִים प्रेत, भूत duh, sablast kísértet hantu draugur fantasma 幽霊 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis spoks hantu spook spøkelse, skrømt duch assombração fantomă привидение; призрак strašidlo duh duh spöke ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼 привид, мара بھوت ma quỷ 鬼

adj spooky

eerie and suggesting the presence of ghosts It's very spooky walking through the graveyard at night. spookagtig شَبَحي призрачен strašidelný uhyggelig gespenstisch που σε κάνει να φοβάσαι espeluznante tontlik, õudne aavemainen chair de poule qui donne la מַפחִיד भूत जैसा भयानक sablastan kísérteties seram draugalegur inquietante, (che mette i brividi) 気味の悪い 섬뜩한, 유령이 나올 듯한 kraupus, nejaukus spokains; baismīgs menyeramkan spookachtig nifs, uhyggelig straszny, pełen grozy fantasmagórico care provoacă groază жуткий; страшный strašidelný srhljiv sablastan spöklik, kuslig น่ากลัว tüyler ürpertici 嚇人的，神經質的 схожий на привид عفریتی như ma quỷ 吓人的，神经质的

n spookiness

spookagtigheid شَبَحِيَّه призрачност strašidelnost uhygge die Gespensterhaftigkeit στοιχειωμένη ατμόσφαιρα cualidad de fantasmagórico/espeluznante õudus aavemaisuus caractère effrayant מוּזָרוּת भुतहापन sablasnost kísérteties volta vminek keseraman það að vera draugalegur/óhugnanlegur (carattere inquietante) 気味の悪さ kraupumas spokainība; baismīgums seramnya spookachtigheid nifshet, uhygge groza ambiente fantasmagórico caracter fantomatic жуть strašidelnosť srhljivost sablasnost spöklikhet, kuslighet ความกลัว dehşet 幽靈 схожість на привид ھیبت انگیزی tính chất như ma quỷ 幽灵