spookish

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spookish

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From spook + -ish.

adjective more spookish · most spookish

informal Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky. I hope we find some nicer spot than this. This looks so lonely and spookish.
informal, often, of a horse or other animal Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved. In those moments thus spent in composing myself for sleep, I sometimes wondered in the last human occupant of the room were not a dead one. I was senselessly spookish about such things.
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@misc{spookish_2026,
  title = {spookish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spookish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}