spooky

• Описывает что-то пугающее или тревожное, часто сверхъестественным или жутким образом.

Describes something that is frightening or unsettling, often in a supernatural or eerie way.

1. Frightening or eerieA2informal

   Causing fear or unease, especially due to being strange or ghostly.

   Жуткий

   • The old house looked spooky in the moonlight.
   • She told a spooky story around the campfire.
   • The forest felt spooky at night.

   Синонимыchillingcreepyeeriefrighteningghostlyhauntingscarysinisteruncannyunnerving

   Антонимыcalmingcomfortingreassuringsoothing

2. Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)B2informal

   Easily startled or nervous, often reacting unpredictably to sudden stimuli.

   Пуганый

   • The horse was too spooky to ride in the open field.
   • A spooky horse might bolt at the sound of a car horn.
   • Trainers work to calm spooky horses with gentle handling.

   Синонимыflightyhigh-strungjumpynervousskittish