spooky
/ˈspuːki/adjective
उच्चारण स्पूकी
डरावना, भुतहा, रहस्यमय
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informal
strange and frightening
डरावना, भुतहा, रहस्यमय
- a spooky old house at the edge of the village
- It was spooky walking through the forest at night.
- The empty corridor felt spooky after sunset.
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- They told spooky stories around the campfire.
- There was something spooky about the silence in the old well.
Synonyms eerie creepy ghostly sinister uncanny
Opposite comforting reassuring ordinary cheerful
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
spooky + noun
Spooky describes places, sounds or events that seem to hold ghosts or danger: a spooky house, a spooky silence.
'Spooky' उन स्थानों, आवाज़ों या घटनाओं को बताता है जिनमें भूत या खतरे का एहसास हो: spooky house, spooky silence।
- The old haveli looked spooky in the moonlight.
- A spooky silence filled the library after the power cut.
look / feel / sound / seem + spooky
Use the adjective after linking verbs about the thing that causes fear, not about the person who feels it.
Linking verbs के बाद adjective उस चीज़ के लिए आता है जो डर पैदा करती है, उस व्यक्ति के लिए नहीं जो डर महसूस करता है।
- The empty corridor felt spooky at midnight.
It is spooky how / that + clause
A common frame for odd coincidences: it is spooky that two strangers had the same dream.
अजीब संयोगों के लिए प्रचलित ढाँचा: it is spooky that two strangers had the same dream।
- It is spooky how she always knows what I am thinking.
spooky (thing) vs spooked (person)
A spooky house makes you feel spooked; the participle -ed describes the person who is frightened.
Spooky घर आपको spooked महसूस कराता है; -ed वाला participle डरे हुए व्यक्ति के लिए आता है।
- The noise spooked the horse, and it bolted.
spookier / spookiest (comparison)
Spooky takes -ier and -iest; never add more as well.
'Spooky' में -ier और -iest लगते हैं; इसके साथ more भी न जोड़ें।
- That was the spookiest story I have ever heard.
+Collocations 4
spooky + noun
houseforestsilencestorycoincidence
- The forest road was spooky after sunset.
adverb + spooky
veryquiteslightlyreallydownright
- The abandoned fort was downright spooky.
verb + spooky
lookfeelsoundseemget
- The wind made the empty hall sound spooky.
spooky + occasion
nighttalemoodfeelinglighting
- The students told spooky tales around the campfire.
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- The deserted railway station looked spooky at night.
रात में सुनसान रेलवे स्टेशन भुतहा-सा लग रहा था।
- Radhika found the old library strangely spooky after sunset.
सूर्यास्त के बाद राधिका को पुराना पुस्तकालय अजीब ढंग से डरावना लगा।
- It was spooky that both of us bought the same book that day.
यह अजीब संयोग था कि उस दिन हम दोनों ने एक ही किताब खरीदी।
- The spooky sound of the owl made the children huddle together.
उल्लू की डरावनी आवाज़ से बच्चे सिमट कर एक साथ बैठ गए।
- A spooky mist covered the hills early in the morning.
सुबह-सुबह पहाड़ियों पर एक रहस्यमय धुंध छाई हुई थी।
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✗ She felt spooky when she walked alone at night.
✓ She felt spooked when she walked alone at night.
A person who is frightened is spooked; spooky describes the thing that frightens.
डरा हुआ व्यक्ति 'spooked' होता है; 'spooky' उस चीज़ को बताता है जो डराती है।
✗ The old house looks spookily.
✓ The old house looks spooky.
After look, an adjective is needed, not an adverb.
'Look' के बाद adjective चाहिए, adverb नहीं।
✗ It was the more spookier night of my life.
✓ It was the spookiest night of my life.
For the superlative, use -iest; more spookier is doubly wrong.
Superlative के लिए '-iest' लगता है; 'more spookier' दोहरी गलती है।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
spoo·ky
Double o and -ky (not 'spookey').
दो o और अंत में -ky ('spookey' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the frightening words together: spooky and creepy (informal), eerie (strange and frightening), uncanny (strange and hard to explain), sinister (suggesting evil), macabre (connected with death).
डरावने शब्द साथ याद रखिए: spooky और creepy (अनौपचारिक), eerie (अजीब और डरावना), uncanny (अजीब और समझ से परे), sinister (बुराई का संकेत), macabre (मृत्यु से जुड़ा)।