spookier; spookiest
1
: strange, unsettling, or frightening in a way that suggests the supernatural : eerie, uncanny
[Caroline] Shaw's composition … is a mysterious and densely layered four-movement work … with vocalization and spookier in-between sounds that originate deep in the throat: moans, gasps, exhalations of breath.—
Gia Kourlas
Gia KourlasOlivia Wilde's new film … owes a debt to many spooky dramas about the dark side of the suburbs—think The Stepford Wives, with even more of a sci-fi edge.—David Sims
David Sims
sometimes, specifically
: relating to, resembling, or suggesting ghosts or spooks
Spooky stories of Hawaiian night marchers (ghosts of warriors and chiefs) lurking around bushes and walking the trail are often told, but these haunted tales are not true, according to Lopaka Kapanui, a Native Hawaiian master storyteller … —Christina Hitt
Christina Hitt Examples of spooky in a Sentence
The music was pretty spooky.
a spooky horse shying at shadows
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2025
The Practical Magic sequel is slated to hit theaters Sept. 18, 2026, just in time for spooky season.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 14 July 2025
Other spooky movies nominated for Best Picture include The Exorcist and The Sixth Sense.
—Drew MacKie, People.com, 13 July 2025
Summer was only a few days old in June when the At Home store in far north Fort Worth was already a spooky Halloween wonderland.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spooky. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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spooky
adjective
spookier; spookiest
1
: relating to, resembling, or suggesting ghosts
spooky houses
2
: skittish sense 2
a spooky horse
spookiness
noun
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