creepy-crawly
- adjective
- /ˈkripiˌkrɔli/
- Informal
:
repelente
- The old, abandoned house gave me a creepy-crawly feeling as soon as I entered.
Examples
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She shuddered with a creepy-crawly sensation after walking through the cobweb-covered basement.
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I felt a creepy-crawly sensation on my arm.
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Reading horror novels sometimes gives me that unmistakable creepy-crawly feeling late at night.
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That spider gives me a creepy-crawly feeling.
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Walking through the dark forest gave me a creepy-crawly feeling, as if creatures were watching me.
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The thought of spiders crawling on my skin always leaves me with a creepy-crawly sensation.
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After hearing the ghost stories, I felt a creepy-crawly dread as shadows danced around me.
Synonyms
366
3.0
Making you feel nervous, uncomfortable, or a little afraid
96
3.2
Strange and frightening in a way that makes you feel nervous, like a ghost
95
4.5
Makes people feel very afraid and shocked
91
5.1
A strange, frightening feeling as if ghosts are nearby
64
4.2
Making you feel worried or uneasy
61
7.0
Strange or mysterious in a way that makes you feel uneasy
49
6.8
Causing great fear and shock, often like death or ghosts
3
4.2
Causing someone to feel uneasy or worried
1
6.8
Causing so much fear that a person cannot move
1
5.3
Making you feel very scared or worried
1
7.7
Feeling as if small insects are moving on the skin
1
8.5
That makes you shiver with fear
1
6.0
Making you feel afraid or nervous
Causing strong fear or disgust that makes you shiver
Antonyms
How Creepy
209
5.3
- Informal
6
5.2
- Informal
366
3.0
64
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Creepy-crawly as an adjective comes from the same words creep and crawl, with creep meaning 'to make you feel afraid' and crawl meaning 'to move along the surface'. So a creepy-crawly feeling is like your skin being 'crawled' on, which is why it makes you feel uneasy.