Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: While the sound is fuller, the effect is to make the lyrics even more spooky.

• look: And a Dalek without a head, which looked a bit spooky.

• get: We all who work in CI have seen it: the old CI hand who has gotten a bit spooky.

Modifies a noun

• goings-on: For tickets visit the shop and hurry, tickets for these spooky goings-on sell out quickly!

• going: There's lots of spooky goings on at your local museum this half term.

• coincidence: Is this just a spooky coincidence or is there a little bit of rivalry going on?

• happening: There have been many spooky happenings at his house, which is situated a couple of miles outside of Gloucester City.

• mansion: A bunch of young people go to a spooky mansion!

• tale: Dr. Barrow begins by sowing the seeds of fear with a spooky bedtime tale.

Modifying Another Word

• suitably: The music used throughout the story creates a suitably spooky ambiance.

• slightly: The huge rustling plane trees here always seem slightly spooky ).

• rather: Quite how has this rather spooky state of affairs come about then?

• quite: The backdrop to the set-up was quite spooky, however.

• pretty: Pretty spooky for a young soldier on night guard in an old castle with peacocks.

• almost: She also possesses the almost spooky knack of inhabiting their minds.

Used with adjective complement

• look: It really did look quite spooky with all the lights turned down low.

• get: Welshgirl This is getting spooky are you sure you are not me or I you?

• seem: The huge rustling plane trees here always seem slightly spooky ).

• sound: NURSE: ( sounding spooky ) You just need some fresh air.