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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
The second teaser for the upcoming HBO series was unveiled Saturday night at a spooky late night San Diego Comic-Con panel before it was released online Sunday.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 July 2025
Not just for her cat, but for decorations when the spooky holiday came around.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Occasionally, a swath of dark clouds would roll in and the siren would sound, creating a memorably spooky ambiance.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
Known for her work on Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby, the Oscar-winning designer brings a moody, vintage glamour to spooky season.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 July 2025
Not just for her cat, but for decorations when the spooky holiday came around.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Occasionally, a swath of dark clouds would roll in and the siren would sound, creating a memorably spooky ambiance.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 25 July 2025
Known for her work on Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby, the Oscar-winning designer brings a moody, vintage glamour to spooky season.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
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In the emotionally complex role of Bert, Jonathan West gives a winning turn that’s all heart – just like a Golden – and makes a great team with Jamie Elvey’s excitable but pragmatic Trixie.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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Second, from a real-world perspective, if a dog is highly excitable or reactive, certain programming might overstimulate or stress them.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 July 2025
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That kind of eerie alignment is how the song came into the world in the first place.—
Sarah Grant,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
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By the time of totality at 3:20 p.m., dense clouds obscured the view, with an eerie darkness and a golden horizon.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Despite more than 50 years in show business – running the gamut of Broadway, TV and film − Martin Short refreshingly still feels nervous ahead of hosting his first game show.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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All 11 brought home at least one full point in Rome, the result of their talent but also of a cohesive approach where veteran Justin Rose was willing to be paired with nervous rookie Robert MacIntyre in fourball and sit the foursomes sessions.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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The sobering and haunting experience, MacDonald said, has sparked an interest in how the search for missing persons can be improved.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2025
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The video plays clips of the Weeknd singing the haunting lyrics in front of several cement backdrops that show the star stuck in a sort of purgatory.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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Written about British occultist Aleister Crowley and released in the United States a year after Osbourne’s album debuted, the song projected creepy organ sounds straight from Dracula’s coffin before monster guitar playing from Rhoades drove a stake through any sympathy for the devil.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Others are not so great—like week-long heat advisories and unwelcome house guests in the form of creepy, crawly millipedes.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 July 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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