spooked

Meanings

Verb

• frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
  • "The noise spooked the horse"
• simple past and past participle of spook

Adj

• A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
• Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
• Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.
• Duped into believing a spook.

Synonyms

spook