Spooky Words for Halloween

 Boo! There's the word that tops today's list. And below (which is another creepy word, when you think about it from a Halloween-y context), is a spooky word list containing some of my favorites from this time of year. Taken from some other great Halloween word lists—also linked down below—this group of words is sure to make your skin crawl, a concept otherwise known as horripilation. Add that to your own list!

The words:

mausoleum
cemetery
cobwebs
Frankenstein
haint
wraith
hauntingly
horrific
creepy-crawlies
venomous
poison
cadaver
scourge


More lists at these links:

Your Dictionary's Spooky Halloween Words

Dark Scary Things from Visual Thesaurus


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