spooked
受到惊吓的,受到惊吓,惊吓的,惊恐的
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Definitions
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- : Informal. a ghost; specter.
- : Slang. a ghostwriter.
- : Slang. an eccentric person.
- : Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
- : Slang. an espionage agent; spy.
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- : to haunt; inhabit or appear in or to as a ghost or specter.
- : Informal. to frighten; scare.
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- : Informal. to become frightened or scared: The fish spooked at any disturbance in the pool.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
But their weapons are becomingly increasingly obsolete—and that has some in the U.S. Air Force spooked.
But a new, ultra-sophisticated spy plane has U.S. military and intelligence bosses spooked.
No accident in history of flying has ever spooked as many people.
No accident in the history of aviation has so spooked people around the world.
Or perhaps when I dropped the word “legal,” the people behind WeedPortal.com got spooked.
Jed looked quickly at Cal when he told him how the colonists had spooked, bolted in panic.
He spooked at imagined noises and thudding rain and the dry creaking of the old house as he toweled off and dressed.
More spooked, perhaps, more frightened—only the Cytha did not act like a frightened beast.
Cam was momentarily spooked—and not "on account of the account," either.