spoopy
/ˈspuːpi//ˈspupi/
spoopy adjective: synonym of spooky.
Adjective
spoopy (comparative spoopier or more spoopy, superlative spoopiest or most spoopy)
- Synonym of spooky.
- Hey Alan, did you know when Romance wears those black jackets he looks spoopier?2015, Vaishali Bhargava, “The Day Jamie Slapped Me”, in Jamie Summer Walker, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Partridge Publishing, →ISBN
- To get into the spoopy spirit, you will exclusively listen to the "Spooky Scary Skeletons" trap remix on repeat from now until Halloween.2016 October 29, Derek Baker, “Your future is foretold in these spooky horror-scopes”, in Melanie Woods, editor, Gauntlet: Official Student Newspaper of the University of Calgary, volume 57, number...
- Synonyms:
- spooky
- Involving horror concepts and tropes in comical, cute, or nonthreatening ways.
- [Y]ou might like Crimson Peak. Although the story is lacking, it's the spoopiest—and most interesting thing—at the Cineplex.2015 October 15, Jenni Miller, “‘Crimson Peak’ is Perfect for Your Inner Goth Girl”, in Nylon, New York, N.Y.: Nylon Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2025
- A deceptively cute, deceivingly challenging abstract strategy game for two players. […] And now things just got boopier and spoopier with NEW Ghost Cats that float between spaces.2023 June, “BOOOOP”, in J. G., editor, GTM: Game Trade Magazine, number 280, Cockeysville, Md.: Alliance Game Distributors, →OCLC, page 59, column 1
Examples of spoopy in a sentence
- It's spoopy season – a time for pumpkin carving, trick or treating and "Hocus Pocus" reruns.2018 October 24, Amelia Calautti, “Get goosebumps with ‘Netflix and Chills’”, in Andrew Grottkau, Emily Abdow, editors, The Rice Thresher...
- Unfortunately, tricks, treats and spoopy shenanigans aren't the only things escalating in the runup to Halloween.2018 October 29, Sara Serrano, “Where have all the cats gone? Campus cats mysteriously vanish around Collins Hall”, in Justin Guglielmetti...
Synonyms of spoopy
Forms of spoopy
| comparative | spoopier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more spoopy |
| superlative | spoopiest |
| superlative | most spoopy |
Origin of spoopy
A misspelling of spooky, originating from a 2009 photograph of a Halloween sign with the misspelled word spoopy originally uploaded to the website Flickr. It was reposted on Tumblr in 2011, upon which the word become an Internet meme and developed its current senses.
Words formed from spoopy
- spoopily
- spoopiness
Words that rhyme with spoopy
Questions about spoopy
- What does spoopy mean?
- Spoopy means synonym of spooky.
- How do you use spoopy in a sentence?
- It's spoopy season – a time for pumpkin carving, trick or treating and "Hocus Pocus" reruns.
- What part of speech is spoopy?
- Spoopy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spoopy?
- Spoopy is pronounced /ˈspuːpi/ (UK).
Words near spoopy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spoopy (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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