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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a spooky horse shying at shadows
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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
a spooky tale of strange hauntings and mysterious reincarnations
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Recent Examples of spooky
Photos of the spooky sea squirts were circulating online among diving enthusiasts in Japan before Naohiro Hasegawa, a biologist at the University of Hokkaido, saw a tweet with the critters.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
The spectacular set design here is a spooky submerged nightmare of shifting shadows and decay frozen in time.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Competition in the party goods and costume space has grown in recent years, including Spirit Halloween’s continued rise within and outside of the spooky season.
—Kristian Burt, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Nearly 100% of the first film’s grosses were made in the U.S. — so few expected the spooky sequel about a vulgar poltergeist to connect in the territories across the pond and beyond this time around either.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
The spectacular set design here is a spooky submerged nightmare of shifting shadows and decay frozen in time.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Competition in the party goods and costume space has grown in recent years, including Spirit Halloween’s continued rise within and outside of the spooky season.
—Kristian Burt, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Nearly 100% of the first film’s grosses were made in the U.S. — so few expected the spooky sequel about a vulgar poltergeist to connect in the territories across the pond and beyond this time around either.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spooky
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Jeon Seok-ho is consistently amusing as Woo-seok, an excitable small-time criminal who joins Jun-ho in the search for the island.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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The property is listed with excitable realtor Greg (Matt Rogers), who dreams of a quick sale and a hefty commission.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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The show features new characters, eerie mysteries, and lots of surprises.Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ricki Lake is revisiting an eerie interaction with medium Tyler Henry.Raven Brunner, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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But that didn’t stop Greenbaum from being a little nervous about screening the film for Harper and Will.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025
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During this time, his nervous pacing was broken by fits of crying and sobbing.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Just watching this thing is a haunting reverie set to some of Trent Reznor and Atticus’s lush score.Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2024
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In an in-depth explanation of the movie's haunting, emotional ending, Larraín tells Entertainment Weekly that the note was all real, and that Jolie preserved her real singing voice until the time came to film the conclusion, and let her vocals loose for her final take on set.EW.com, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Mi-Mo Pixar’s logo, Luxo Jr., is an anthropomorphic desk lamp that is by turns cute and creepy.Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
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In a decade of TV witches; an alluring genie; a mother who communicates through a car radio; a flying nun; and creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky families; there was really nothing all that unusual about a talking horse.Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Spooky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spooky. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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