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Spooky   /spˈuki/   Listen
Spooky

adjective
1.
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).  Synonyms: flighty, nervous, skittish.






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"Spooky" Quotes from Famous Books



... coaxin'. Somehow, I never could get used to roamin' around in the country after dark. Always seemed sort of spooky. Bein' brought up in the city, I expect, where the scenery is illuminated constant, accounts for that. So, as I slips out the front gate and down towards the station, I keeps in the middle of the road and glances suspicious ...
— The House of Torchy • Sewell Ford

... he said, taking off his cap and mopping his brow. "I'm glad to meet you, sir. This is a spooky place, the ideal place for a man to hang himself in. I spent four years in the Hall and never came up here before. I knew and loved your predecessor, as all the fellows did. The old gentleman may not have been well up in astronomy,—I don't know anything about that,—but he ...
— The Mayor of Warwick • Herbert M. Hopkins

... spooky work exploring the abandoned inn in the damp, dark night and with the knowledge that German soldiers were probably no great distance away. It was less than a quarter of a mile to the edge of the wood that had assumed such an important aspect, and he expected ...
— The Boy Scouts on the Trail • George Durston

... "this lonesome place seems spooky. I know what it must have been. It must have been Tom shouting a farewell ...
— The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border • Gerald Breckenridge

... your voice just now in the other room. Anyhow, this is an awful spooky place. If I stayed here alone half an hour, I'd fancy that the Lord Chancellor up there would step down in his robes, out of his frame, to keep ...
— The Story of a Mine • Bret Harte

... spooky!" he howled, as he gathered himself together. He made a quick run for the ladder leading on deck, but was stopped by the master-at-arms, who demanded an explanation. While they were arguing, "Bill" and I quickly fixed the hammock, casting off the shell and ...
— A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" • Russell Doubleday

... had no suspicions aroused. You see no one so much as questioned his identity—Cavendish had disappeared without a word even to his valet; this fellow, despite the wounds on his face, looking enough like him to be a twin, dressed like him, is found dead in his apartments. Dammit, it's spooky, the very thought ...
— The Strange Case of Cavendish • Randall Parrish

... That'll be the fun. They must go it blind. We'll make the whole thing as spooky and mysterious as we can. Nobody shall know what he is going to eat. It will be twice ...
— Paul and the Printing Press • Sara Ware Bassett

... a large rambling house reputed to be haunted. Even the brave Judy who has looked forward to "spooky" goings on is thoroughly frightened at the strange scrapings and rappings and the eery ...
— Marjorie's Busy Days • Carolyn Wells



Words linked to "Spooky" :   excitable, nervous, skittish



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