Creepy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Informal Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin: a creepy feeling; a creepy story.
  • adj. Informal Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive: the creepy kids next door.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin
  • adj. strangely repulsive
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Chilled and crawling, as with horror or fear.
  • See creepie, creepie.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. annoying and unpleasant
  • adj. causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
  • Equivalent
    offensive    alarming   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    creepier    creepiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crawly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Principe    sleepy    weepy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scary    spooky    disturb    eerie    frustrate    frighten    funny    weird    disconcert    nasty