spookish adjective2 •(informal) Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky.I hope we find some nicer spot than this. This looks so lonely and spookish. — 1914 •(informal) Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved.In those moments thus spent in composing myself for sleep, I sometimes wondered in the last human occupant of the room were not a dead one. I was senselessly spookish about such things. — 1908 formsmore spookish · most spookish