Definition of Spookiness

1. Noun. The property of being spooky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spookiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spookiness

spook
spook out
spookdom
spooked
spookeries
spookery
spookfest
spookfests
spookfish
spookfishes
spookhouse
spookhouses
spookier
spookiest
spookily
spookiness (current term)
spookinesses
spooking
spookish
spookmaster
spookmasters
spooks
spookshow
spookshows
spookspeak
spooktacular
spooky
spooky PAC
spooky PACs
spooky action at a distance

Literary usage of Spookiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of German Literature by Calvin Thomas (1909)
"The spookiness and horror which were here woven into a tale of the time of Friedrich the Great had been common enough in the folksongs of the fifteenth and ..."

2. Morbid Fears and Compulsions: Their Psychology and Psychoanalytic Treatment by Horace Westlake Frink (1918)
"(1) The "spookiness" of hypnotism, (2) The love look of the hypnotized subject, (3) The expression: "I'm crazy about him!" (4) The reading of newspaper ..."

3. Morbid Fears and Compulsions: Their Psychology and Psychoanalytic Treatent by Horace Westlake Frink (1918)
"... fact that she raised her arms and waved her hands with exactly the same gestures that she had used in speaking of the "spookiness" of hypnotism. ..."

4. The Catskills Alive! by Francine Silverman (2003)
"Turrets and spindles add to its spookiness, but inside guests are welcomed with warmth and good cheer by Mary and her dog Venus, a Rottweiler/lab mix. ..."

5. The Diary-letters of Sergt. Peyton Randolph Campbell by Peyton Randolph Campbell, Pratt & Lambert (1919)
"To add to the spookiness of it, the left hand side of the road was on the edge of a steep incline, and we had to keep an interval of fifteen yards between ..."

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