Haunted vs. Spooky — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Haunted and Spooky
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Definitions
Haunted
To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
Spooky
Suggestive of ghosts or spirits, especially in being eerie or disturbing
A spooky attic.
Haunted
To visit often; frequent
Haunted the movie theaters.
Spooky
Easily startled; skittish
A spooky horse.
Haunted
To come to the mind of continually; obsess
A riddle that haunted me all morning.
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Spooky
(informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural. Category:en:Horror
Haunted
To be continually present in; pervade
The melancholy that haunts the composer's music.
Spooky
(informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
Haunted
To recur or visit often, especially as a ghost.
Spooky
(informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).
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Haunted
A place much frequented.
Spooky
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious;
An eerie feeling of deja vu
Haunted
Also hant or ha'nt (hănt) or haint (hānt) Chiefly Southern US A ghost or other supernatural being.
Spooky
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Haunted
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts. Category:en:Horror
The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
Haunted
Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
A soldier haunted by the memories of combat
Haunted
Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
A haunted expression
Haunted
Simple past tense and past participle of haunt
According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.
Haunted
Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.
All houses wherein men have lived and diedAre haunted houses.
Haunted
Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something;
Became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle
Was absolutely obsessed with the girl
Got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children
He was taken up in worry for the old woman
Haunted
Showing emotional affliction or disquiet;
Her expression became progressively more haunted
Haunted
Inhabited by or as if by apparitions;
A haunted house