spook

Noun
  1. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (synset 109996447)
    is a type of: disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
    same as: creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy
  2. A mental representation of some haunting experience (synset 105906778)
    "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
    is a type of: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow - something existing in perception only
    same as: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, wraith
Verb
  1. Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (synset 201834907)
    "The noise spooked the horse"
    is a type of: affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in

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