SPOOKY

skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous

(adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

(informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.

(informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.

(informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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