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spookiest

spookiest is the superlative form of spooky.

Meaning of spooky

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

  1. (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
    Synonyms:
    eldritch
  2. (informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
    • I thought it was nice, though I found it very quiet, and whenever I was alone in it, I felt spooky.2011, Wilbur Page, I Had to Do It My Way!: One Man's Journey Through Life, page 88
  3. (informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Questions about spookiest

What is spookiest the superlative form of?
Spookiest is the superlative form of spooky.

Words near spookiest in the dictionary

  1. spookfish
  2. spookfishes
  3. spookhouse
  4. spookhouses
  5. spookier
  6. spookiest
  7. spookily
  8. spookiness
  9. spookinesses
  10. spooking
  11. spooking out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spookiest (page history and authors); spooky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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