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Synonyms for spook
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Princeton's WordNet
creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spooknoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Synonyms:
wraith, creep, shade, specter, weirdie, ghost, loony, weirdo, nutcase, looney, spectre, crawling, crazy, weirdy, creeping, crawlghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectreverb
a mental representation of some haunting experience
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
Synonyms:
phantasma, phantom, wraith, shade, shadowiness, shadiness, touch, weirdo, weirdy, nuance, weirdie, specter, ghost, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spectre, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinementspookverb
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
"The noise spooked the horse"
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2192 | touch | |
#3304 | crazy | |
#3680 | spy | |
#4082 | tone | |
#4692 | ghost | |
#5503 | trace | |
#8025 | shade | |
#9683 | phantom | |
#13901 | scare | |
#14216 | crawl | |
#16448 | refinement | |
#18621 | creep | |
#18886 | tad | |
#20266 | looney | |
#22481 | crawling | |
#24573 | specter | |
#25431 | tint | |
#26337 | creeping | |
#27757 | spectre | |
#37939 | nuance | |
#43167 | frighten | |
#43191 | subtlety | |
#44415 | wraith | |
#48948 | shiner | |
#50492 | apparition | |
#50705 | weirdo | |
#51175 | loony | |
#51312 | spook | |
#51887 | tincture | |
#68351 | startle | |
#73055 | phantasm | |
#99861 | nutcase | |
#103984 | ghostwriter | |
#182397 | nicety |
How to use spook in a sentence?
This development will surely spook bank purchasers who have become an increasing part of the company’s funding base, further frustrate the investment community, and ultimately result in stricter scrutiny from both federal and state regulators.
It will definitely spook China as it shows political will, the U.S. has political leverage over China and we don’t use it because we’re trying to engage the Chinese and don’t want to upset them, and we think they have more power over us -- but that’s absolutely wrong.
Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar:
The rules will spin a complex web of provisions and requirements for compliance. I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans, such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital.
I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans. Such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital.
There is still too much uncertainty in the markets and investors would be watching developments in Greece and China very carefully before jumping in, chinese authorities wouldn't want to trigger a meltdown which would spook investors and we may see more market stabilising measures on the way.
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- شبحArabic
- GespenstGerman
- espectroSpanish
- ترساندنPersian
- haamuFinnish
- bamboulaFrench
- խփեցArmenian
- spettroItalian
- רוּחַHebrew
- taipōMāori
- spion, kabouter, neger, schijnsel, spook, verspieder, geestDutch
- SpookNorwegian
- пугать, вспугивать, призрак, ниггер, шпионRussian
- spöke, osalig andeSwedish
- پھینک دیاUrdu
- spookYiddish
- 惊吓Chinese
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