spooked
Because it is a word with a single syllable, spooked is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofspooked
- To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
Example: "The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran."
- To become frightened (by something startling).
Example: "The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs."
- To haunt.
- A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
- Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
- Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.
- Duped into believing a spook.
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