Spook: alternatives and connections

To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.

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The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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Same as Phantasm.

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A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify.

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An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

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A phantasm.

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That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

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To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

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Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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Alt. of Spectre

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Alt. of Spectre

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To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

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The spirit; the soul of man.

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Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Alt. of Spectre

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Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

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An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

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