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Definition of Spooked
1. Adjective. A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence. ¹
2. Adjective. Being spied upon by security or intelligence services. ¹
3. Verb. (past of spook) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spooked
1. spook [v] - See also: spook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spooked
Literary usage of Spooked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Road to En-Dor: Being an Account of how Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad by E. H. Jones (1920)
"I am spooked ! It is gone ! " He rushed about the room, looking under the table,
in the cupboards ... I am spooked ! " It was a difficult task not to laugh. ..."
2. Gold Discovered in California by Regina V. Phelan (1994)
"If the horses spooked it would cause him to lose control and send his wagon down
the side of the mountain and into the canyon below. At such a time, ..."
3. Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan (1904)
"'"Oh, he's spooked, is he?' ses all de birds, tearin' mad. ' Well, we'll yust
make spook o' you,' ses dey, an' dey make a dive for him like one man. ..."
4. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"Kierulf, this dealer in wool, who has spooked in my brain so long — this creature
in whose existence I believe, and whom it was of vital importance that I ..."
5. The Bookman (1905)
"He himself was fully spooked; he discerned fairy rings in his meadows, he once
saw a Brownie, and a Pixie, he preached, was the wandering spirit of an ..."
6. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"I was spooked. And I had no reason to be. Sure, I'd been murdered, but what had
it cost me? A few days of "unconsciousness" while they decanted my backup ..."
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