Synonyms of spooking

spooking

verb

present participle of spook

as in scaring

to strike with fear

the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scaring
• frightening
• terrifying
• startling
• terrorizing
• panicking
• shaking
• shocking
• horrifying
• alarming
• scarifying
• frighting
• affrighting
• distracting
• amazing
• alaruming
• appalling
• making one's flesh crawl
• giving one the creeps
• jolting
• making one's flesh creep
• worrying
• disturbing
• shaking up
• unnerving
• unsettling
• dismaying
• awing
• astounding
• distressing
• bowling over
• upsetting
• disconcerting
• daunting
• perturbing
• emasculating
• disquieting
• discomforting
• dispiriting
• chilling
• demoralizing
• psyching (out)
• undoing
• flooring
• unmanning
• unstringing
• discomposing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reassuring
• assuring
• cheering
• comforting
• consoling
• soothing
• encouraging
• inspiring
• solacing
• emboldening
• steeling
• heartening

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of spooking

Think stand locations with great entry and exit routes that offer virtually zero odds of spooking deer that might smell, see, or hear you. —Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024