creepiness
Americannoun
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Still, Graham is a great actor and as Walter, he’s as creepy as he needs to be, with some extra creepiness stirred in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“You Miss Me” combines the theatricality of Roxy Music with the supper-club creepiness of chamber-pop singer Scott Walker, its pulsing orchestrations signaling danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
They have face coverings too, making menace out of the same blank-faced creepiness the villains embodied in the original film and its 2018 sequel.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
In the heat-soaked world of Marty Hart and Rust Cohle, creepiness was an affectation — part misdirecting figment, part metaphor.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
It’s more than the creepiness I felt when Phil and I ran into him at the bookstore.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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