Spooked

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  • adjective. A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
  • adjective. Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of spook.
  • Word Usage
    "The Quarantine Authority helicopter gunfire had ended at dawn and she closed her eyes to a stillborn morning, until the hollow clang of her name spooked her awake."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    duked  rebuked  
    verb-stem
    spook