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Spookish

adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky. informal

    "I hope we find some nicer spot than this. This looks so lonely and spookish."

  2. 2
    Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved. informal, often

    "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."

Etymology

From spook + -ish.

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