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creepy

[kree-pee]

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adjective, creep·i·er, creep·i·est.

having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.

that creeps: a creepy insect.

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

Origin:
1825–35; creep + -y¹

Related forms

creep·i·ly, adverb

creep·i·ness, noun

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Those of us who find it slightly depressing and more than a little creepy are probably outside the target audience to begin with.

The old guy in the corner at a college party can come off as creepy.

Also, setting up auto-responses is a bit creepy in my opinion.

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Those of us who find it slightly depressing and more than a little creepy are probably outside the target audience to begin with.

The old guy in the corner at a college party can come off as creepy.

Also, setting up auto-responses is a bit creepy in my opinion.

Creepy videos of strange animals and spooky places.

Knowing they really do have a heart somehow does not make them any less creepy to me.

Sure, with the proper social filters, location awareness needn't be invasive or creepy.

Such a service might sound creepy to the privacy-minded.

But if students chose to install such a tracking system on their phones to get cheap eats, it would not be creepy.

That's a practical solution but polling is a creepy replacement for voting.

His front yard is booby-trapped with all sorts of creepy gizmos to scare the crap out of unsuspecting neighborhood kids.

Article also attracted a bunch of creepy commenters.

The better part of myself becomes eclipsed by the creepy stalker side.

Yet there is something creepy about the reverence that he is now accorded.

While that could be really cool, it also is really kind of creepy and potentially disasterous on a global scale.

Nevertheless, there is also something creepy about this.

Here's the creepy part-the mechanism's been tested on cadavers, which are blinking away.

It really is a creepy thing, this constantly broadcasting the vagaries of one's life.

The creepy part is all the nutters these articles attract.

All these lurking dangers seem to confirm the notion that mushrooms are creepy and unreliable, and should be avoided.

But to do this they must overcome their disgust of creepy crawlies and their urge to obliterate them with chemical sprays.

Having somebody stop and listen at your door all night is creepy.

Stevens's version of this prisoner-captive dynamic is quieter, less gory and extremely creepy in its more subdued way.

Usually when the creepy crawlers are let loose in a brightly lit.

Thousands of patients endure the creepy bloodsuckers each year after plastic or reconstructive surgery.

They'll also have fog machines, creepy music, and eerie lighting to set the mood.

But it is creepy how much your post could have been written by me.

The creepy critters have become such a nuisance here that the city council is mulling legislation that.

The rubber hand illusion is more than a vaguely creepy parlor trick.

Or creepy guys staring at teenage girls in the stacks.

From creepy creatures to gorgeous alien worlds, science fiction movies have dazzled us all with amazing visuals over the years.

At this time it is dark, and kind of creepy walking past a graveyard.

The creepy doublespeak got me as much as the badges.

They explain that they don't find living at a cemetery creepy.

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World English Dictionary

creepy (ˈkriːpɪ)

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

'creepily

—*adv*

'creepiness

—n

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Word Origin & History

creepy

1794, "characterizewd by creeping," from creep (v.). Meaning "having a creeping feeling in the flesh" is from 1831; that of producing such a feeling, the main modern sense, is from 1858. Creepy-crawly is from 1858.

Slang Dictionary

creepy definition

mod.
eerie; frightening. : I have this creepy feeling that someone is just this very moment reading something that I wrote.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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