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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a spooky horse shying at shadows
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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
a spooky tale of strange hauntings and mysterious reincarnations
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Recent Examples of spooky
Three seasons in, this approach remains incisive in the ’90s story line, especially when combined with spooky world-building and supernatural imagination.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, whose crafted insults and backstage machinations share more than a few spooky similarities with the biggest rap battle of our time.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, whose crafted insults and backstage machinations share more than a few spooky similarities with the biggest rap battle of our time.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
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So does that of an excitable young engineer (Jonas Strand Gravli) who pesters him with seemingly fanciful technological dreams.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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There’s lots of snarky, adult humor and many high-stakes moments that may be too excitable for younger audiences.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
20 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, those of us on Earth will witness the same event as a total lunar eclipse, turning the moon a deep, eerie red.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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For 65 minutes, the moon will take on eerie shades of orange and red — a result of sunlight filtering through Earth’s atmosphere. 5.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Some Trump advisers were nervous the deal might go south before the ceremonial signing, but felt confident by the time Mr. Trump greeted Zelenskyy.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2025
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At the premiere of that film, Brothers At War, in 2009, Joe was nervous.—
Eileen Finan,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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But Dammers knew that the most haunting music often sits right on the edge of corny muzak.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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The scene when Dagmar forces Karoline to crush an infant between the two women’s bodies is haunting.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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Then there’s a positively creepy Austin Butler as chilling bad guy Feyd-Rautha.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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In a creepy ad for the device online, Friend watches TV with its user and texts her its thoughts on the show.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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