Spook — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

a mental representation of some haunting experience

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈuːk/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈuːk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈuːk/

1 syllable Say it as /spˈuːk/.

Examples

he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
The noise spooked the horse

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

spectre weirdie specter creep weirdo ghost shade wraith weirdy

Parts of Speech

noun	someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
noun	a mental representation of some haunting experience “he looked like he had seen a ghost”
verb	frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action “The noise spooked the horse”

Word Forms

creepy	adjective	annoying and unpleasant
creep	verb	to go stealthily or furtively
ghost	verb	haunt like a ghost; pursue
spook	verb	frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
spook	noun	a mental representation of some haunting experience

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Spuk

jemand, der unangenehm seltsam oder exzentrisch ist

🇫🇷French

effrayer

quelqu'un de désagréablement étrange ou excentrique

🇪🇸Spanish

espectro

alguien desagradablemente extraño o excéntrico

🇮🇹Italian

spettro

qualcuno spiacevolmente strano o eccentrico

🇵🇹Portuguese

assustar

alguém desagradavelmente estranho ou excêntrico

🇷🇺Russian

напугать

кто-то неприятно странный или эксцентричный

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भूत

कोई अप्रिय रूप से अजीब या सनकी

🇧🇩Bengali

ভুতুড়ে

কেউ অপ্রীতিকরভাবে অদ্ভুত বা উদ্ভট

🇮🇳Tamil

பயமுறுத்தியது

விரும்பத்தகாத விசித்திரமான அல்லது விசித்திரமான ஒருவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

స్పోక్

ఎవరైనా అసహ్యకరమైన వింత లేదా అసాధారణ

🇮🇳Marathi

घाबरणे

कोणीतरी अप्रिय विचित्र किंवा विलक्षण

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડરાવવું

કોઈ અપ્રિય રીતે વિચિત્ર અથવા તરંગી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಪೂಕ್

ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಅಹಿತಕರ ವಿಚಿತ್ರ ಅಥವಾ ವಿಲಕ್ಷಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്പൂക്ക്

അസുഖകരമായ വിചിത്രമോ വിചിത്രമോ ആയ ഒരാൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡਰਾਉਣਾ

ਕੋਈ ਕੋਝਾ ਅਜੀਬ ਜਾਂ ਸਨਕੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

ڈراؤنا

کوئی ناخوشگوار عجیب یا سنکی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

惊吓

令人不快的奇怪或古怪的人

🇯🇵Japanese

怖がらせる

不快なほど奇妙または風変わりな人

🇰🇷Korean

유령

불쾌할 정도로 이상하거나 괴상한 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ma quái

ai đó kỳ lạ hoặc lập dị một cách khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

น่ากลัว

คนที่แปลกหรือประหลาดอย่างไม่เป็นที่พอใจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

menakuti

seseorang yang sangat aneh atau eksentrik

🇵🇭Filipino

sindak

isang taong hindi kanais-nais na kakaiba o sira-sira

🇲🇾Malay

menakutkan

seseorang yang tidak menyenangkan pelik atau sipi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شبح

شخص غريب أو غريب الأطوار بشكل غير سار

🇮🇷Persian

ترسناک

کسی که به طرز ناخوشایندی عجیب و غریب یا عجیب و غریب است

🇹🇷Turkish

hayalet

hoş olmayan bir şekilde garip veya eksantrik biri

🇮🇱Hebrew

מפחיד

מישהו מוזר או אקסצנטרי בצורה לא נעימה

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