When there are no men around, the night is somewhat spooky.
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Spooky
Synonyms for "spooky" (42 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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1 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مُخيف adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
- مُخيفة adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Bulgarian
2 entries- плашлив adj (unpredictably excitable; skittish)
- призрачен adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Catalan
2 entries- esgarrifós adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
- estrany adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Czech
3 entries- strašidelný adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
- vyděšený adj (unpredictably excitable; skittish)
- vystrašený adj (unpredictably excitable; skittish)
Finnish
1 entries- aavemainen adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
French
2 entries- effrayant adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
- esfrayant adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Hindi
1 entries- भुतहा adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Italian
1 entries- spaventoso adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Latin
1 entries- arcānus adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Norwegian
1 entries- nifs adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Portuguese
1 entries- fantasmagórico adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Russian
2 entries- норови́стый adj (unpredictably excitable; skittish)
- сверхъесте́ственный adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Spanish
1 entries- espeluznante adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Swedish
1 entries- spöklik adj (eerie; suggestive of ghosts)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The room seems awfully dark and spooky.
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I haven't seen this spooky enemy before!
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Einstein described quantum entanglement as "spooky action at a distance." So, before Einstein's own Theory of General Relativity, might Newton's theory of gravitation have been described.
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