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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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Turns out, Hollywood's favorite spooky kid and Disney's ultimate bestie are family IRL — and now there's a photo to prove it.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Audiences who want a spooky good time can simply revel in the audiovisual goods.
—Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit took a lot out of Aardman with Wallace’s spooky transformation scene alone taking an entire year to film according to Park.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Next Door Anna Fitzpatrick On the television lives of two spooky primetime families, the Addams and the Munsters.
—hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Audiences who want a spooky good time can simply revel in the audiovisual goods.
—Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit took a lot out of Aardman with Wallace’s spooky transformation scene alone taking an entire year to film according to Park.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Next Door Anna Fitzpatrick On the television lives of two spooky primetime families, the Addams and the Munsters.
—hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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There are no gilded gates here, but there is one heck of a party, complete with serenading busts, ballroom dancers, excitable opera singers, drunken buffoonery and portraits locked in an endless duel.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Our excitable friends would indeed be correct that a theoretical 25 percent tariff across the board would have an adverse effect on business aviation.—
Brian Foley,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Fred Rogers was beaten with a hammer, and his wife Edwina was killed with a single gunshot to the head Comments The gruesome murders of a Houston couple 60 years ago remain one of the most eerie unsolved cases in the city’s history.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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But Lynch, who died last week, at seventy-eight, made films in which every cheerful surface seemed to obscure an eerie reality.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some parents are nervous to send their kids back to the center, given the air quality concerns and its proximity to the burn area.—
Kate Sequeira,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Ellie is nervous, and so naturally, her dead lesbian aunt manifests as an unwanted spiritual gay guide.—
Sadie Collins,
Them,
24 Jan. 2025
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The secret-weapon character who makes the more haunting impression is Agnes, whose chignon hides a rebellious spirit underneath — as well as a furtive romance with the stable boy, Isak (Malte Gårdinger).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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It was released by Disney, an implausible partner for a filmmaker known for haunting, surrealistic and often deeply disturbing movies.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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She's abruptly fired from her exercise show when her creepy boss (Dennis Quaid) decides to hunt for younger talent to be the face of the series.—
Eric Andersson,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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That said, Kinnear’s career-best turn as Crane is a highlight, and watching the actor (and his character) leverage his superficial likability for creepy ends amounts to a sick kind of entertainment.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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