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Meaning of spooked

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

spooked

verb

Definitions

  1. To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).

    Example: The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.

  2. To become frightened (by something startling).

    Example: The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.

  3. To haunt.

adjective

Definitions

  1. A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.

  2. Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.

  3. Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.

  4. Duped into believing a spook.