spooky
/ˈspuki/
adjective
- Frightening or creepy, especially in a way that suggests ghosts or the supernatural.
- A spooky fog rolled in, making it hard to see the path.
- We told spooky stories around the campfire until everyone was scared.
- The old house looked very spooky at night with its broken windows.
- Strange or eerie in a way that is unsettling but not necessarily supernatural.
- There's a spooky resemblance between the two cousins who have never met.
- It was spooky how the dog started barking just before the phone rang.
- The silence in the empty school hallway felt spooky.