spooky

English

From spook +‎ -y

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
- 2016 April 10, “Credit Reports”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 8, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:
  Wow! How could someone called Judy Thomas be mixed up with Judith Kendall? And also, if she’s going to be mistaken for anyone, how is it not Leslie Stahl? Because that is spooky!
Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

eerie; suggestive of ghosts

Bulgarian: призрачен (bg) m (prizračen)
Czech: strašidelný m
German: ^{(please verify)} gespenstisch (de), ^{(please verify)} geisterhaft (de), ^{(please verify)} spukhaft
Mandarin:
Mandarin: 鬼影幢幢 (guǐ yǐng chuángchuáng)

unpredictably excitable; skittish

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