Meaning & use
spooky
Causing a feeling of fear or unease, especially in an eerie, supernatural way.
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The abandoned house looked spooky in the moonlight, with its broken windows and creaking door.
They told spooky stories around the campfire until everyone was too scared to sleep.
A note on using this word
Spooky is an informal word, common in casual speech and around Halloween, less formal than eerie or sinister.
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