SPOOKED

Adjective

spooked (comparative more spooked, superlative most spooked)

A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.

Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.

(informal) Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.

(philosophy) Duped into believing a spook.

Verb

spooked

simple past tense and past participle of spook

Source: Wiktionary


SPOOK

Spook, n. Etym: [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spöke, Dan. spögelse a specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke.]

1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The chimæra.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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