Thesaurus / spook
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More than with the "spook," however, was the public mind agitated by other rumors which touched upon "south meadow."
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDA speck is a minute spot, and among the ancients a speck or dot within a circle was the symbol of the central Spook or Spectre.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYIt gets me what she was doing in that spook place alone at night.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHINHow do you connect this gentlemanly spook with the treasure, your Excellency?
THE GHOST BREAKERCHARLES GODDARDI think there is more in this spook story than Colonel McClure knows of, or, at least, will admit.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHINWhen it comes to putting my wits against a spook place, I'm beyond roping distance.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHIN"I tell ye I winged a spook," insisted Big-foot Sanders to a companion as they came up.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHINHow well he remembered the hair-raising stories of witches and ghosts that made many shadowy spots spook-ridden.
HEROES OF TO-DAYMARY R. PARKMANHe's a prompt beggar to-night, that spook—a very prompt beggar indeed.
THE RIDDLE OF THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHTMARY E. HANSHEWThis morning you heard a ‘spook’ outside the door, this afternoon you believe you hear a voice calling you.
THE AUTOMOBILE GIRLS IN THE BERKSHIRESLAURA DENT CRANEWORDS RELATED TO SPOOK
- agitate
- agonize
- annoy
- appall
- appear
- be ever present
- bedevil
- beset
- besiege
- come back
- disquiet
- dwell
- float
- frighten
- harass
- harrow
- hound
- hover
- infest
- inhabit
- intrude
- madden
- manifest
- materialize
- molest
- nettle
- obsess
- overrun
- permeate
- pervade
- pester
- plague
- possess
- prey on
- rack
- reappear
- recur
- return
- rise
- spook
- stay with
- tease
- terrify
- terrorize
- torment
- trouble
- vex
- voodoo
- walk
- weigh on
- worry
- alarm
- appall
- awe
- badger
- bait
- bludgeon
- bluster
- bowl over
- browbeat
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- bully
- chill
- coerce
- compel
- constrain
- cow
- daunt
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- disquiet
- dragoon
- enforce
- force
- hound
- lean on
- oblige
- overawe
- push around
- ride
- ruffle
- scare
- showboat
- spook
- strong-arm
- subdue
- terrify
- terrorize
- twist someone's arm
- alarms
- appalls
- awes
- badgers
- baits
- bludgeons
- blusters
- bowls over
- browbeats
- buffalos
- bulldozes
- bullies
- chills
- coerces
- compels
- constrains
- cows
- daunts
- disheartens
- dismays
- dispirits
- disquiets
- dragoons
- enforces
- forces
- hounds
- lean on
- obliges
- overawes
- pushes around
- rides
- ruffles
- scares
- showboats
- spooks
- strong-arms
- subdues
- terrifies
- terrorizes
- twists someone's arm
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