Synonyms for spook
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1. creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spooknoun

   someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

   Synonyms:
   wraith, creep, shade, specter, weirdie, ghost, loony, weirdo, nutcase, looney, spectre, crawling, crazy, weirdy, creeping, crawl

2. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectreverb

   a mental representation of some haunting experience

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

   Synonyms:
   phantasma, phantom, wraith, shade, shadowiness, shadiness, touch, weirdo, weirdy, nuance, weirdie, specter, ghost, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spectre, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinement

3. spookverb

   frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action

   "The noise spooked the horse"

Matched Categories

1. • Frighten
   • Unpleasant Person

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1. spooknoun

   Synonyms:
   ghost, spirit, specter, apparition, phantom, hobgoblin

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1. List of paraphrases for "spook":

   scare, frighten, spy, ghost, startle, shiner

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1. Philippe Gijsels:

   Too strong jobs numbers will spark rate hike fears and hit equities, while a weak figure will spook investors as they will doubt the strength of the economy. So either way, profit taking looks likely.

2. Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar:

   The rules will spin a complex web of provisions and requirements for compliance. I fear that many traps for the unwary are hidden in the regulations, creating potential nightmares for small business owners that fail to place regulatory compliance at the top of their business plans, such burdens will spook many small businesses from pursuing crowdfunding as a viable path to raising capital.

3. Gordon Chang:

   It will definitely spook China as it shows political will, the U.S. has political leverage over China and we don’t use it because we’re trying to engage the Chinese and don’t want to upset them, and we think they have more power over us -- but that’s absolutely wrong.

4. Stephen Massocca:

   The wage numbers were a little warm, but that wasn't enough to spook people.

5. Isaac Boltansky:

   This development will surely spook bank purchasers who have become an increasing part of the company’s funding base, further frustrate the investment community, and ultimately result in stricter scrutiny from both federal and state regulators.