spooked
verb
Definitions
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.
To become frightened (by something startling).
Example: The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.
To haunt.
adjective
Definitions
A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.
Duped into believing a spook.