Spooked
adj, verb, slang
adj, verb, slang ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of spook form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
- 2 Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
- 3 Taken off guard; astonished; surprised. informal
- 4 Duped into believing a spook.
Antonyms
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More examples"Ancient alien ruins in faraway outposts of the Human Space Sphere spooked many generations."