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View synonyms for creepy

creepy

[ kree-pee ]

adjective

, creep·i·er, creep·i·est.
  1. having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear:

    a creepy ghost story.

  2. that creeps: creep:

    a creepy insect.

  3. Slang. of, relating to, or characteristic of a person who is a creep; creep; obnoxious; weird.


creepy

/ ˈkriːpɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    having or causing a sensation of repulsion, horror, or fear, as of creatures crawling on the skin
  2. creeping; slow-moving


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcreepily, adverb
  • ˈcreepiness, noun

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Other Words From

  • creepi·ly adverb
  • creepi·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of creepy1

First recorded in 1825–35; creep + -y 1

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Example Sentences

And we can listen to the pathetic, creepy bravado of a former vice president, wrong on nearly every decision he made.

Creepy thing to wrap up in festive paper and a bow and give to a newborn baby, yeah?

Private schools have a way of being a magnet for scandals for the creepy, inappropriate adults who run them.

The 1989 picture is remembered for the acclaimed (and sort-of-creepy, to be real for a moment) Disney family film that it is.

They seemed a little creepy to me, particular the song “Transmission.”

The atmosphere is perfect for our hoax and several of us who are "in the know" feel sort of creepy as we wait for the next flash.

And Mistress Cory Ann for once forgot to scold, because of a creepy feeling that seemed travelling up her spine.

Do you know, I felt a kind o' creepy feelin' down my back all the time.

Yet, here in the still ghostly midnight hour alone, the affair began to grow dashed creepy.

Now, thus brought by chance to its very base, he looked up at it with a cold, creepy sensation of shuddering awe.

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