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spooknoun a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly countryRussia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union agent, asset, emissary, intelligencer, mole, operative, spy, undercover couriercounterspy, double agent, sleeperinfiltrator, informer, stool pigeonspymaster, superspy secret agent, undercover agent the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living peopleHalloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad apparition, bogey(also bogie or bogy), familiar spirit, ghost, hant(dialect), haunt(chiefly dialect), materialization, phantasm(also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter(or spectre), spirit, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni(or jinn also djinni or djinn), shaitandouble, doppelgänger(or doppelganger), fetchlemures, manesincubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie(also zombi)cacodemon, demon(or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp spookverbto strike with fearthe sudden noise spooked her out of her skin affright, alarm(also alarum), fright, frighten, horrify, panic, scare, scarify, shock, startle, terrify, terrorize appall(also appal), bowl over, dismay, floor, jolt, shake, shake upamaze, astound, awechill, daunt, demoralize, dispirit, emasculate, psych (out), undo, unman, unnerve, unstringdiscomfort, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, perturb, unsettle, upset, worry give one the creeps, make one's flesh creep(or make one's flesh crawl) reassure assure, cheer, comfort, console, solace, sootheembolden, encourage, hearten, inspire, steel in 1801 |