different between spooky vs sooky

English

Etymology

From spook +? -y

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /spu?ki/
• Rhymes: -u?ki

Adjective

spooky (comparative spookier, superlative spookiest)

1. (informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
2. (informal) Spooked; afraid; frightened.
   • 2011, Wilbur Page, I Had to Do It My Way!: One Man's Journey Through Life (page 88)

     I thought it was nice, though I found it very quiet, and whenever I was alone in it, I felt spooky.

3. (informal) Unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses).

Derived terms

• spookily

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• sookey
• sukey

Etymology

sook +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

sooky (comparative sookier or more sooky, superlative sookiest or most sooky)

1. (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Complaining, whingeing, sad; jealous.
   • 2006, Lynda Staker, The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods, page 189,

     Kangaroos on the other hand become even more sooky (needy for attention), when denied time outside.

2. (Australia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, slang) Sentimental, sissy; timid.
   • 1978, J. Ferguson, Seven Cities of Australia, page 48,

     Sentimentalists and political quacks have devoted much time to convincing the sookier twentieth century that nineteenth century New World penitentiaries were choked with near-blameless stealers of one teaspoon, one handkerchief, one loaf of bread.

   • 1999, Peter Moore, The Wrong Way Home, page 138,

     Judging by the subject matter, Turkish soldiers are the sookiest, purse-carryingest, most sentimental nancy boys ever to put on military uniforms.

   • 2009, Evan McHugh. Birdsville, 2011, ReadHowYouWant, page 139,

     Our trepidation at being savaged by a vicious pig dog was soon allayed, however. He turned out to be the sookiest dog on earth. All he wanted in life was a pet or a cuddle, preferably both.

Noun

sooky (plural sookies)

1. A sook, a crybaby.