creepy
Origin of creepy
1Other words from creepy
- creep·i·ly, adverb
- creep·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby creepy
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How to use creepy in a sentence
Those algorithms are very powerful, and yet somehow not powerful enough to avoid making recommendations that are creepy.
While the previous game excelled at creepy atmosphere, “Little Nightmares 2” is more consistently terrifying, so much that it can be emotionally exhausting.
‘Little Nightmares II’ made me dread every moment. And I loved it. | Elise Favis | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostHe discovers her laid out on the altar of a creepy church, wearing nightclothes and muttering incomprehensibly about “keeping the brightness hidden.”
Two historical mystery novels plunge readers into the past while keeping them guessing | Clare McHugh | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostNow he’s got an ’80s-style ’fro with the creepy mustache and Ray-Bans and the red suit.
Just look at this side-by-side photo of me—it’s the same one, but it only took me 30 seconds to put that creepy smile on my face using Photoshop’s Smart Portrait neural filters.
How to use advanced editing tools without ruining your photos | Harry Guinness | January 27, 2021 | Popular-Science
And we can listen to the pathetic, creepy bravado of a former vice president, wrong on nearly every decision he made.
creepy thing to wrap up in festive paper and a bow and give to a newborn baby, yeah?
Private schools have a way of being a magnet for scandals for the creepy, inappropriate adults who run them.
The 1989 picture is remembered for the acclaimed (and sort-of-creepy, to be real for a moment) Disney family film that it is.
When the Religious Right Attacked ‘The Little Mermaid’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey seemed a little creepy to me, particular the song “Transmission.”
Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs | Allen Barra | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe atmosphere is perfect for our hoax and several of us who are "in the know" feel sort of creepy as we wait for the next flash.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie ChaplinAnd Mistress Cory Ann for once forgot to scold, because of a creepy feeling that seemed travelling up her spine.
Maid Sally | Harriet A. CheeverDo you know, I felt a kind o' creepy feelin' down my back all the time.
Stories in Light and Shadow | Bret HarteYet, here in the still ghostly midnight hour alone, the affair began to grow dashed creepy.
A Frontier Mystery | Bertram MitfordNow, thus brought by chance to its very base, he looked up at it with a cold, creepy sensation of shuddering awe.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
British Dictionary definitions for creepy
/ (ˈkriːpɪ) /
informal having or causing a sensation of repulsion, horror, or fear, as of creatures crawling on the skin
creeping; slow-moving
Derived forms of creepy
- creepily, adverb
- creepiness, noun
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