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Meaning of "spookery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPOOKERY

spookery  [ˈspuːkərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPOOKERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spookery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPOOKERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spookery in the English dictionary

The definition of spookery in the dictionary is matters relating to spies and espionage. Other definition of spookery is spooky events or a spooky quality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPOOKERY


apothecary
əˈpɒθɪkərɪ
bakery
ˈbeɪkərɪ
chicory
ˈtʃɪkərɪ
cookery
ˈkʊkərɪ
crockery
ˈkrɒkərɪ
fakery
ˈfeɪkərɪ
flickery
ˈflɪkərɪ
gadzookery
ɡædˈzuːkərɪ
geekery
ˈɡiːkərɪ
hackery
ˈhækərɪ
hickory
ˈhɪkərɪ
jookery
ˈdʒuːkərɪ
mockery
ˈmɒkərɪ
peccary
ˈpɛkərɪ
squeakery
ˈskwiːkərɪ
Terpsichore
tɜːpˈsɪkərɪ
Thackeray
ˈθækərɪ
trickery
ˈtrɪkərɪ
vicary
ˈvɪkərɪ
Zachary
ˈzækərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPOOKERY

spoof
spoofer
spoofery
spoofing
spoofy
spook
spookier
spookiest
spookily
spookiness
spookish
spooky
spool
spooler
spoom
spoon
spoon-fed
spoon-feed
spoonbait
spoonbill

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPOOKERY

brokery
cankery
comstockery
control freakery
crookery
dukery
gimcrackery
jiggery-pokery
knackery
knick-knackery
monkery
mountebankery
peacockery
pickery
puckery
quackery
rockery
self-mockery
spikery
whiskery

Synonyms and antonyms of spookery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spookery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPOOKERY

Find out the translation of spookery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spookery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spookery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spookery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spookery
570 millions of speakers

English

spookery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spookery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spookery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spookery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spookery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spookery
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spookery
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spookery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spookery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spookery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spookery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spookery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spookery
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spookery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पोकरीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spookery
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spookery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spookery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spookery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spookery
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spookery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spookery
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spookery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spookery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spookery

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOOKERY»

The term «spookery» is used very little and occupies the 186.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOOKERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spookery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spookery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spookery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOOKERY»

Discover the use of spookery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spookery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Words beginning with K
kurkurim(m)a- (c.) 'scare-mongering, spookery, intimidation', nom. sg. kur-ku-ri-im -ma-as (KBo X 45 I 24-25 HUL-lu paprata]r NES DINGIR-LIM éshar ishahru wasta[is hurt]aus kurkurimmas 'evil defilement, perjury, blood, weeping, despoliation, ...
Mouton De Gruyter, 1997
2
Film in Society
Black. Spookery: Blacula,. Dr. acula. A.D.. 1972. Judith Clavir Horror films are supernatural reflections of social conditions. The specific conditions of people's lives create for moviemakers a battleground for the ultimate struggle of good against ...
Arthur Asa Berger, 1980
3
GREAT GAME EAST
CHAPTER. ONE. WAR. AND. SPOOKERY. IN. THE. HIMALAYAS. It was an ordinary Saturday evening, 6.30 to be precise, and Brigadier John Dalvi was relaxing in a bathtub at his quarter at the army base in Tezpur. He had just played a ...
Bertil Lintner
4
The Black Cat
The. Spookery.*. BY ALBERT J. KLINCK. jONSTANCE set out early that afternoon to do the last of her Christmas shopping. It was the day before the great festival, and there would be no to-morrow on which to do belated buying. She had left ...
‎1902
5
Psychology and the Occult
A fifteen-year-old girl who claimed regular communications with the spirits of her dead friends and relatives was the subject of the very first published work by the now legendary psychoanalyst C.G. Jung.
Carl Gustav Jung, 2008
6
Portraits of the Artist: Psychoanalysis of Creativity and ...
Itcannot have been accidental thatthe firstpartofthis communication deals with Freud's rapid recoveryfromthe effects ofJung's "spookery," whereas the subsequent "paternal warning" to his "dear son to keep acoolhead"was sweetened with a ...
John E. Gedo, 2013
7
Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft and ...
In private circles, however, this brand of “spookery” was still very much coveted. The art market had been booming since the mid-19305, fear of inflation and the events of the war having long since caused investors to concentrate their wealth in ...
Melissa Muller, Monica Tatzkow, 2010
8
Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on ...
22. Roszak, The Making ofa Counter Culture, 48. 23. Bram Stoker, Dracula, ed. Maurice Hindle (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993), 51. 24. Roszak, The Making ofa Counter Culture, 3. 25. Stoker, Dracula, 71. 26. Clavir, “Black Spookery,” 119.
John Edgar Browning, Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart, 2009
9
Adriaan Koerbagh, A Light Shining in Dark Places, to ...
Ignorantpeople are deceived by spookery  That there have been contrived spookings and apparitions, and that these are still happening in some places, is sure and certain. The reason why these spookings and apparitions have now ...
Adriaan Koerbagh, Michiel R. Wielema, 2011
10
Katherine Tingley, plaintiff, vs. Times Mirror Company, ...
46') 470 471 472 The plaintiff offered in evidence an article published in the Los Angeles Times of November 22nd, 1902, entitled "Sargent Sleeps in Tingley Spookery." The defendant objected to the introduction of the article in evi— dence on ...
Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPOOKERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spookery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What's probably going to happen
SPOOKERY, I.E., SURVEILLANCE AND SECURITY JOBS, will triple in the next 15 years. Almost every organization or activity will have a security section with ... «Tampa Bay Newspapers, Jul 15»
2
Holmes and Crew Ham It Up in Classic Tale
... the Hangar, on the elegant Victorian proscenium provided by David L. Arsenault (luscious red velvet curtain and footlights), it appears spookery will dominate, ... «ithaca.com, Jul 15»
3
Ex Machina and It Follows coming to DVD
This is smart spookery, with stalker camera and shivery score adding to the dread. A potential starmaking turn for lead Maika Monroe, who was also recently ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
4
The Lazarus Effect – Win a Nifty Prize Package!
... be in theaters this Friday, but right now we have your chance to score a sweet little branded prize package so that you can gear up for the oncoming spookery! «Dread Central, Feb 15»
5
New Horror Short Ready to Seize the Night
Bite-sized horror can sure be yummy, and we're hoping that this latest short film, Seize the Night, can serve up both the action and spookery! Seize the Night will ... «Dread Central, Dec 14»
6
Interview: Paul Arendt, of Failbetter Games
Yet for all this visual spookery, most of the games imagery is crafted with text. It's an effective technique, born of necessity. “When words and still pictures are all ... «PC PowerPlay, Dec 14»
7
Simon Pegg and Jeffrey Combs Join The Gathering
According to Fangoria, both Simon Pegg and Jeffrey Combs have signed on for some spookery! The mag caught up with producer Jon Keeyes, who spilled the ... «Dread Central, Dec 14»
8
I'm not worried about online privacy (and nor should you be)
Also, I know all this spookery is very unlikely to affect me. I don't mean this in an “I'm alright Jack because I'm white and British” kind if way. Rather I mean that ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
9
The Many Trials of Madame Tingley, part four
... Herald's rhetoric — alleged that, instead of practicing theo-sophia — “divine wisdom” — at Lomaland, “vile spookery” ran rampant at the “crank institution.”. «San Diego Reader, Jun 14»
10
10 Questions for Actor Simon Russell Beale
... three-day week and atrocious British Leyland cars. Early one morning over a cup of BBC coffee, Russell Beale delved into the clandestine world of spookery. «The Arts Desk, Nov 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spookery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spookery>. Apr 2024 ».
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