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creepiness

American  
[kree-pee-nis] / ˈkri pi nɪs /

noun

  1. the quality or state of being creepy.


Example Sentences

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Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of ‘Stranger Things,’ this series follows an engaged couple on an overlong and aimless journey filled with creepiness and dread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The fog had descended, and there was “this sense of creepiness, of this wild, feral place.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

By the end of that first episode, Martha’s neediness has begun to shade into creepiness.

From New York Times • May 1, 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

This is the thing she wants to outrun: the creepiness.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti