spook
[noun]
Synonyms: apparition, bogey, eidolon, ghost, haunt, phantom, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, eccentric, case, character, duck, oddball, oddity, original, quiz, wack, zombie, spy, agent, undercover man
[verb]
Synonyms: frighten, affright, alarm, awe, fright, scare, startle, terrify, terrorize, ghostwrite, ghost

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English Thesaurus: ghost, spirit, apparition, poltergeist, spook, ...

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I. spook¹ /spuːk/ noun [countable] informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Dutch]

1. a ghost

2. especially American English a spy

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II. spook² verb [transitive] informal
to frighten someone:
I’m not easily spooked.

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ghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place:
His ghost is believed to haunt the house.
spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost:
evil spirits
the spirit world
apparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time:
He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.
poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around:
The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.
spook informal a ghost:
I’m not scared of spooks.
phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person:
They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.
spectre British English, specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one:
She had looked like a spectre.
The following night, the spectre appeared again.

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spook
to startle someone
The loud thunder and lightning spooked the horse.

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spook someone
to startle someone
The loud thunder and lightning spooked the horse.

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