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spooksnounpl. of spook 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 agents, assets, emissaries, intelligencers, moles, operatives, spies, undercovers courierscounterspies, double agents, sleepersinfiltrators, informers, stool pigeonsspymasters, superspies secret agents, undercover agents 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 apparitions, bogeys(also bogies), familiar spirits, ghosts, hants(dialect), haunts(chiefly dialect), materializations, phantasms(also fantasms), phantoms, poltergeists, shades, shadows, specters(or spectres), spirits, sprites, visions, visitants, wraiths angels, daimones(or daimons), familiars, genies(also genii), geniuses(or genii), jinn(or jinns also djinn or djinns), shaitansdoppelgängers(or doppelgangers), doubles, fetcheslemures, manesincubi(also incubuses), lamiae(or lamias), succubi, vampires, zombiescacodemons, demons(or daemons), devils, fiends, ghouls, imps spooksverbpresent tense third-person singular of spookto strike with fearthe sudden noise spooked her out of her skin affrights, alarms(also alarums), frightens, frights, horrifies, panics, scares, scarifies, shocks, startles, terrifies, terrorizes appalls(also appals), bowls over, dismays, floors, jolts, shakes, shakes upamazes, astounds, aweschills, daunts, demoralizes, dispirits, emasculates, psychs (out), undoes, unmans, unnerves, unstringsdiscomforts, discomposes, disconcerts, disquiets, distracts, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, unsettles, upsets, worries gives one the creeps, makes one's flesh creep(or makes one's flesh crawl) reassures assures, cheers, comforts, consoles, solaces, soothesemboldens, encourages, heartens, inspires, steels |