adj
spookish
Spookish (adj) means Eerie and unsettling, as if supernatural.
adj
1
Eerie and unsettling, as if supernatural.
"I hope we find some nicer spot than this. This looks so lonely and spookish."
— Edward Stratemeyer (1914)
2
Easily scared or made nervous.
"As a lesson horse she needs to gain confidence in her rider, or can become spookish over the jumps, dodging out of them."
— “Sarah $3000”, Sarah $3000 (2010)
"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."
— Sylvester Barbour, Reminiscences (1908)
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Etymology
Formed from spook and the suffix -ish.
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What is the meaning of spookish?
"spookish" (adj) means eerie and unsettling, as if supernatural.
What is another word for spookish?
Other words for "spookish" include skittish.
What is the opposite of spookish?
The opposite of "spookish" is imperturbable.
What are the different meanings of spookish?
"spookish" has 2 main meanings: 1. Eerie and unsettling, as if supernatural; 2. Easily scared or made nervous.
