Definition of spooky in English:

spooky

adjectivespookier, spookiestˈspuːkiˈspuki

informal

1Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease.
阴森恐怖的
I bet this place is really spooky late at night
我敢说这个地方晚上真的很阴森吓人。
Example sentencesExamples
- He rushes out into the cornfield at the same time as his brother and there is more spooky whispering running through the corn.
- Seen at night, the structure became quite spooky.
- I also love the spooky scene when Bowman appears on his wife's TV.
- These tracking shots lend a mysterious, sometimes spooky quality to the film.
- The downright spooky supernatural aura enhances the staying power of this film in your mind.
- It is wild, beautiful, passionate, spooky and direct.
- The constant intrusion of spooky music telling us that we should be really frightened achieves overkill long before the end of the film's running time.
- The less said about the spooky music and creepy lighting the better.
- The village is unpeopled, which makes it spooky.
- The production design of the spaceship itself is otherworldly and spooky.
- The effect is uncannily scary and spooky - you can almost hear the bones rattling.
- Jigsaw has locked a bunch of strangers in a spooky old house with nerve gas slowly killing them off.
- That picture, especially combined with the title of this post, is just plain spooky.
- The makers were more interested in telling us the movie is spooky than actually making it spooky.
- As cheesy horror, the movie offers plenty of jump scares, spooky atmosphere, and bloody carnage.
- There's something wrong with the dusty old ranch house, though, as strange sounds and spooky visions begin to haunt the crooks.
- The shocks aren't shocking, the spooks aren't spooky and any whispers of fear are swamped by the daftness of the plot.
- They are spooky, eerie and atmospheric but they're not necessarily centred in that.
- His spooky elfin protagonists are seditious and superb at each alternate glance.
- Their scenes together are riveting and the film builds a spooky and unsettling atmosphere with great economy, while providing a rare insight into small towns and stunted lives.
Synonyms
eerie, sinister, ghostly, uncanny, weird, unearthly, mysterious
frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling
informal creepy, scary, spine-tingling
2North American Easily frightened; nervous.
〈主北美〉（人，动物）容易受惊的；惊慌的
some horses are more spooky by nature than others

Derivatives

spookily

adverb

informal

The odd, wandering vocal melody appears and disappears spookily.
Example sentencesExamples
- People make mistakes thinking that if you light it spookily, it's noir.
- Indeed, movies seemed spookily to have pre-reacted.
- A great moment comes when he meets his father for the first time, which coincides spookily with a visit from Renee.
- The deep, humming major chords of this track suggest the forces of order being spookily restored, as cops storm ranch houses, kids plead innocence, and the eight-minute ambient-house track follows the teens right into the defendant box.

spookiness

nounˈspuːkɪnəsˈspukinəs

informal

That sort of added to the spookiness of the film-making.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a shame that this material was cut out of the picture; it sounds very intriguing, and could have added a layer of spookiness and mysticism that could only have enriched the final product.
- And while the ghosts, like the original, have spookiness and atmosphere to spare, they have nothing else.
- In addition, the new Asian horror movies blend their supernatural spookiness seamlessly into modern contexts.
- It almost seems too emotionally manipulative for a horror show, it doesn't truly rely on scares or spookiness, just loss and pain and the suggestion of mental illness.

Rhymes

adzuki, bouzouki, fluky, kabuki, kooky, pukey, saluki, Sukie, Suzuki, verrucae

Definition of spooky in US English:

spooky

adjectiveˈspukiˈspo͞okē

informal

1Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease.
阴森恐怖的
I bet this place is really spooky late at night
我敢说这个地方晚上真的很阴森吓人。
Example sentencesExamples
- Their scenes together are riveting and the film builds a spooky and unsettling atmosphere with great economy, while providing a rare insight into small towns and stunted lives.
- As cheesy horror, the movie offers plenty of jump scares, spooky atmosphere, and bloody carnage.
- His spooky elfin protagonists are seditious and superb at each alternate glance.
- The less said about the spooky music and creepy lighting the better.
- They are spooky, eerie and atmospheric but they're not necessarily centred in that.
- The shocks aren't shocking, the spooks aren't spooky and any whispers of fear are swamped by the daftness of the plot.
- The makers were more interested in telling us the movie is spooky than actually making it spooky.
- I also love the spooky scene when Bowman appears on his wife's TV.
- The village is unpeopled, which makes it spooky.
- The downright spooky supernatural aura enhances the staying power of this film in your mind.
- These tracking shots lend a mysterious, sometimes spooky quality to the film.
- That picture, especially combined with the title of this post, is just plain spooky.
- There's something wrong with the dusty old ranch house, though, as strange sounds and spooky visions begin to haunt the crooks.
- The effect is uncannily scary and spooky - you can almost hear the bones rattling.
- The constant intrusion of spooky music telling us that we should be really frightened achieves overkill long before the end of the film's running time.
- The production design of the spaceship itself is otherworldly and spooky.
- Seen at night, the structure became quite spooky.
- Jigsaw has locked a bunch of strangers in a spooky old house with nerve gas slowly killing them off.
- He rushes out into the cornfield at the same time as his brother and there is more spooky whispering running through the corn.
- It is wild, beautiful, passionate, spooky and direct.
Synonyms
eerie, sinister, ghostly, uncanny, weird, unearthly, mysterious
2North American (of a person or animal) easily frightened; nervous.
〈主北美〉（人，动物）容易受惊的；惊慌的

词汇	spooky
释义	Definition of spooky in English: spooky adjectivespookier, spookiestˈspuːkiˈspuki informal 1Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease. 阴森恐怖的 I bet this place is really spooky late at night 我敢说这个地方晚上真的很阴森吓人。 Example sentencesExamples He rushes out into the cornfield at the same time as his brother and there is more spooky whispering running through the corn. Seen at night, the structure became quite spooky. I also love the spooky scene when Bowman appears on his wife's TV. These tracking shots lend a mysterious, sometimes spooky quality to the film. The downright spooky supernatural aura enhances the staying power of this film in your mind. It is wild, beautiful, passionate, spooky and direct. The constant intrusion of spooky music telling us that we should be really frightened achieves overkill long before the end of the film's running time. The less said about the spooky music and creepy lighting the better. The village is unpeopled, which makes it spooky. The production design of the spaceship itself is otherworldly and spooky. The effect is uncannily scary and spooky - you can almost hear the bones rattling. Jigsaw has locked a bunch of strangers in a spooky old house with nerve gas slowly killing them off. That picture, especially combined with the title of this post, is just plain spooky. The makers were more interested in telling us the movie is spooky than actually making it spooky. As cheesy horror, the movie offers plenty of jump scares, spooky atmosphere, and bloody carnage. There's something wrong with the dusty old ranch house, though, as strange sounds and spooky visions begin to haunt the crooks. The shocks aren't shocking, the spooks aren't spooky and any whispers of fear are swamped by the daftness of the plot. They are spooky, eerie and atmospheric but they're not necessarily centred in that. His spooky elfin protagonists are seditious and superb at each alternate glance. Their scenes together are riveting and the film builds a spooky and unsettling atmosphere with great economy, while providing a rare insight into small towns and stunted lives. Synonyms eerie, sinister, ghostly, uncanny, weird, unearthly, mysterious frightening, spine-chilling, hair-raising, scaring, terrifying, petrifying, chilling informal creepy, scary, spine-tingling 2North American Easily frightened; nervous. 〈主北美〉（人，动物）容易受惊的；惊慌的 some horses are more spooky by nature than others Derivatives spookily adverb informal The odd, wandering vocal melody appears and disappears spookily. Example sentencesExamples People make mistakes thinking that if you light it spookily, it's noir. Indeed, movies seemed spookily to have pre-reacted. A great moment comes when he meets his father for the first time, which coincides spookily with a visit from Renee. The deep, humming major chords of this track suggest the forces of order being spookily restored, as cops storm ranch houses, kids plead innocence, and the eight-minute ambient-house track follows the teens right into the defendant box. spookiness nounˈspuːkɪnəsˈspukinəs informal That sort of added to the spookiness of the film-making. Example sentencesExamples It is a shame that this material was cut out of the picture; it sounds very intriguing, and could have added a layer of spookiness and mysticism that could only have enriched the final product. And while the ghosts, like the original, have spookiness and atmosphere to spare, they have nothing else. In addition, the new Asian horror movies blend their supernatural spookiness seamlessly into modern contexts. It almost seems too emotionally manipulative for a horror show, it doesn't truly rely on scares or spookiness, just loss and pain and the suggestion of mental illness. Rhymes adzuki, bouzouki, fluky, kabuki, kooky, pukey, saluki, Sukie, Suzuki, verrucae Definition of spooky in US English: spooky adjectiveˈspukiˈspo͞okē informal 1Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease. 阴森恐怖的 I bet this place is really spooky late at night 我敢说这个地方晚上真的很阴森吓人。 Example sentencesExamples Their scenes together are riveting and the film builds a spooky and unsettling atmosphere with great economy, while providing a rare insight into small towns and stunted lives. As cheesy horror, the movie offers plenty of jump scares, spooky atmosphere, and bloody carnage. His spooky elfin protagonists are seditious and superb at each alternate glance. The less said about the spooky music and creepy lighting the better. They are spooky, eerie and atmospheric but they're not necessarily centred in that. The shocks aren't shocking, the spooks aren't spooky and any whispers of fear are swamped by the daftness of the plot. The makers were more interested in telling us the movie is spooky than actually making it spooky. I also love the spooky scene when Bowman appears on his wife's TV. The village is unpeopled, which makes it spooky. The downright spooky supernatural aura enhances the staying power of this film in your mind. These tracking shots lend a mysterious, sometimes spooky quality to the film. That picture, especially combined with the title of this post, is just plain spooky. There's something wrong with the dusty old ranch house, though, as strange sounds and spooky visions begin to haunt the crooks. The effect is uncannily scary and spooky - you can almost hear the bones rattling. The constant intrusion of spooky music telling us that we should be really frightened achieves overkill long before the end of the film's running time. The production design of the spaceship itself is otherworldly and spooky. Seen at night, the structure became quite spooky. Jigsaw has locked a bunch of strangers in a spooky old house with nerve gas slowly killing them off. He rushes out into the cornfield at the same time as his brother and there is more spooky whispering running through the corn. It is wild, beautiful, passionate, spooky and direct. Synonyms eerie, sinister, ghostly, uncanny, weird, unearthly, mysterious 2North American (of a person or animal) easily frightened; nervous. 〈主北美〉（人，动物）容易受惊的；惊慌的
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