ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Spooktacular

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Spooktacular is an adjective meaning (entertainment, informal) A Halloween-themed event or episode.

Meaning

(entertainment, informal) A Halloween-themed event or episode.

More Meanings

  1. (slang) Spooky and spectacular; wonderfully frightening.

Example Sentences

Ghostbusters: A Live Action Spooktacular features a breathtaking set as well as impressive stunt work and laser and ghost effects, but the show has yet to be fine-tuned.
At the end of each October, Cal State Long Beach hosts its annual Spooktacular where people from every field and department dress to the nines with fake blood and every gory fake body part imaginable.
The annual Halloween Spooktacular was held for the Tri-town community where over 300 young children come to the high school to enjoy a fun-filled evening that is presented by a large variety of King Philip clubs and organizations.
In time The Simpsons would, indeed, resort to spoofing such decidedly non-spooktacular fare like E.T and Mr. And Mrs. Smith (both in “Treehouse Of Horror XVIII”) but in 1992 the field was wide-open and the show could cherry-pick the most iconic and beloved fright fare of all time.

Word Forms

Synonyms for spooktacular

Depending on context, synonyms include creeptacular.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include craptastical, craptabulous, sucktacular, jizztastic, sock-knocking, sprag.

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