creepy
/ˈkɹipi/ adjective B2- Moving by creeping along. · creepy-crawlies
- Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin. · creepy ghosts
- Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.
- Causing discomfort through exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior. · That creepy old man keeps leering at me!
- Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
Comparative creepier · Superlative creepiest
From the library
It was one Ruby Gillis had lent me, and, oh, Marilla, it was so fascinating and creepy.
I don’t know whether I passed in it or not and I have a creepy, crawly presentiment that I didn’t.
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