creepy
adjective
having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear.
creepily
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a word derived from
creepy.
Example Sentences
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Lynn Hershman Leeson’s wig-in-a-box that periodically giggles through a hidden speaker creepily drives home the notion that women were expected to perform as always-happy and put-together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
But in Erin Lee Carr’s Hulu whodunnit documentary, "Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara," their fans' closeness began creepily bordering on something else.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2024
The Daily Mail's Christopher Stevens gave the series five stars, and wrote: "Andrew Scott forces us to question our moral choices in this creepily compelling homage to Alfred Hitchcock."
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
The dreams themselves are creepily and memorably staged, with unsettling zooms, ominous noises and odd dashes of prosthetic gore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Just fine, I tell him, and since my dad ended his days in an Alzheimer’s facility I feel almost at home—which is, creepily enough, the truth.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
