verb🔗ShareEffrayer, apeurerTo frighten or make nervous (especially by startling)."The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran."Les chasseurs ont été effrayés quand le chat noir a traversé leur chemin. Le mouvement dans les buissons a effrayé les cerfs et ils ont couru.mindsensationemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEffrayer, apeurerTo become frightened (by something startling)."The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs."Le cerf s'est effrayé au bruit des chiens.mindsensationemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHanterTo haunt."The old stories of the graveyard spooked the children on Halloween night. "Les vieilles histoires du cimetière hantaient les enfants la nuit d'Halloween.supernaturalmindsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Shareeffrayé, apeuréA little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence."Hearing a strange noise downstairs at night, I felt spooked and grabbed a flashlight. "En entendant un bruit étrange en bas la nuit, je me suis senti effrayé et j'ai attrapé une lampe de poche.mindemotionsensationsupernaturalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEspionné, surveilléBeing spied upon by security or intelligence services."Sentence: "After the activist started criticizing the government online, he felt spooked and worried his emails were being read." "Après que l'activiste a commencé à critiquer le gouvernement en ligne, il s'est senti espionné et s'est inquiété que ses e-mails soient lus.governmentpolicemilitarypoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareEffrayé, surprisTaken off guard; astonished; surprised."The loud bang outside spooked the cat, making it jump. "La forte détonation à l'extérieur a effrayé le chat, le faisant sursauter.mindsensationemotionattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Shareeffrayé, apeuréDuped into believing a spook."He felt spooked by the magician, convinced he had actually seen a ghost appear. "Il s'est senti effrayé par le magicien, convaincu qu'il avait réellement vu un fantôme apparaître.supernaturalmindemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
