Definition of "spooked" [spooked]

• A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence. (adjective)
• Being spied upon by security or intelligence services. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of spook. (verb)

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• "The Quarantine Authority helicopter gunfire had ended at dawn and she closed her eyes to a stillborn morning, until the hollow clang of her name spooked her awake."
• "What has people like Barney Frank spooked is the fact that the voters of his very liberal state clearly voted in an election focused on HCR and voted “No.”"
• "The name spooked some, but in 1905, another little baby boy was born, and also named John."