spooky

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Gaiman's Graveyard Book -- spooky, magical retelling of The Jungle ...

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  • He called her spooky, his term of endearment, and he talked about what they would do tomorrow. —  Asimov's SF, June2006
  • It was dark enough to be spooky, and presently a succession of chills pursued each other up Monk's backbone. —  155 - Measures For A Coffin
  • And her depiction of the alien races is nicely otherworldly and erotically spooky, a la Yeats. —  Asimov'sSF,February2008
  • "It was eerie, kind of spooky, and it exuded evil to me," said [Michael] McCaul, a Republican whose congressional district stretches from Houston suburbs to Austin. —  blogHOUSTON
  • And Rep. Pete Olson stared through the one-way glass, thinking, "My God, that's the man who planned the attacks." [...] "It was eerie, kind of spooky, and it exuded evil to me," said McCaul, a Republican whose congressional district stretches from Houston suburbs to Austin. —  The Jawa Report
 

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scary ·  otherworldly ·  kinky ·  freaky ·  funky ·  cranky ·  pornographic ·  macabre ·  uncanny ·  goofy ·  crappy ·  fishy

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spooky:   spookiest
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