spook

English Thesaurus

1. a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow,
definition	:	something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

2. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (noun.person)

hypernym	:	disagreeable person, unpleasant person,
definition	:	a person who is not pleasant or agreeable (noun.person)

3. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	affright, fright, frighten, scare,
definition	:	cause fear in (verb.emotion)

4. a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	ghost, haunt, obsess,
definition	:	haunt like a ghost; pursue (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	spook,
definition	:	frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (verb.emotion)

5. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (noun.person)

derivation	:	creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak,
definition	:	to go stealthily or furtively (verb.motion)

derivation	:	creepy,
definition	:	annoying and unpleasant (adj.all)

6. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith,
definition	:	a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

7. a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	ghost, haunt, obsess,
definition	:	haunt like a ghost; pursue (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	spook,
definition	:	frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (verb.emotion)

8. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (noun.person)

derivation	:	creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak,
definition	:	to go stealthily or furtively (verb.motion)

derivation	:	creepy,
definition	:	annoying and unpleasant (adj.all)

9. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith,
definition	:	a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)