Spooked

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • adj. A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
  • adj. Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of spook.
    • Word Usage
    "The Quarantine Authority helicopter gunfire had ended at dawn and she closed her eyes to a stillborn morning, until the hollow clang of her name spooked her awake."
    Verb Form
    spooked    spooking    spooks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    frighten    scare    fright    affright    unpleasant person   
    Cross Reference
    Wikipedia article on ghosts   
    Variant
    spuke   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spirit    ghost    apparition    hobgoblin   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baruch    Dubuque    Duke    Luke    Wouk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bogies    ghoul    scis    catchwords    politicos   
     
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