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creepy
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creep·y  (krp)
adj. creep·i·er, creep·i·est Informal
1. Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin: a creepy feeling; a creepy story.
2. Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive: the creepy kids next door.

creepi·ness n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.creepy - annoying and unpleasant; "some creepy kids were bothering her"
offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
2.creepy - causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

creepy
adjective (Informal) disturbing, threatening, frightening, terrifying, weird, forbidding, horrible, menacing, unpleasant, scary (informal), sinister, ominous, eerie, macabre, nightmarish, hair-raising, awful This place is really creepy at night.
Translations
creepy [ˈkriːpɪ] ADJ (creepier (compar) (creepiest (superl))) → horripilante, escalofriante
creepy [ˈkriːpi] adj
(= frightening) [place] → qui fait frissonner, qui donne la chair de poule
(= sinister) [person] → sinistre
creepy-crawly [ˌkriːpiˈkrɔːli] npetite bestiole f
creepy
adj (+er) (= frightening)unheimlich; story, place alsogruselig
creepy [ˈkriːpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (frightening) → che fa accapponare la pelle
creepy [ˈkriːpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (frightening) → che fa accapponare la pelle


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Bloor and his son, Manfred, a creepier variant of his parent; wistful, neglected Benjamin, Charlie's best friend; intrepid Olivia who gleefully totters into danger on her high-heeled shoes; Aunt Lucretia Yewbeam with a tongue that could blister paint; and orphaned Billy, whose voice betrays both his loneliness and his desperate need for a family.
Once we got the books back from the police and began photographing the damage, it just got more horrific and creepier and painful," says Jim Van Buskirk, program manager of the library's James C.
That intense energy European culture poured into making amazing things just got creepier and creepier until it turned evil.
 
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