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creepiness

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

noun

  1. the quality or state of being creepy.


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“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

Lilly’s nightmare doesn’t involve the dead father consuming her, but its violative creepiness eats at you even so.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

After nearly three years, Apple TV+’s thriller returns with more sci-fi creepiness, nuanced social commentary and black humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

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

He had wanted spirit powers he’d kept secret from Lázaro—whatever creepiness those Sorrows had taught him.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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