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creepy

Syllables: creep·y/ˈkɹiːpi/US/ˈkɹipi/

creepy adjective: moving by creeping along.

Adjective

creepy (comparative creepier, superlative creepiest)

  1. Moving by creeping along.
    • creepy-crawlies
    • The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens, / And ink in unfailing supplies: / While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens, / And watched them with wondering eyes.1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Fifth.⁠ The Beaver’s Lesson.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published...
  2. (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
    • creepy ghosts
  3. (informal) Causing discomfort or repulsion due to strange or eccentric behavior.
  4. (especially, informal) Causing discomfort through exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior.
    • That creepy old man keeps leering at me!
    • "He doesn't look creepy," I said. "Kind of nerdy, in a harmless way.
      "Looks can be deceiving. See that camera? He was always going around with that camera, snapping pictures. Some girls caught him trying to get 'up skirt' shots while they sat at their desks.[…]"2022, Scott Bell, Pest Cemetery, page 235
  5. (informal, uncommon) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
    • “I felt creepy and afraid,” continued the other, with conviction. “I had the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. […]1920, Algernon Blackwood, First Hate

creepy meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Arabic and Thai

creepy in Tamil

புல்லரிக்க, அஞ்ச வைக்கும், ஊர்ந்து செல்லும்

creepy in Malayalam

frightening, disturbing, eerie
ഭയവും അസ്വസ്ഥതയുമുളവാക്കുന്ന, വെറുപ്പും ഭയവും ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അസ്വസ്ഥപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, പേടിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, ഘോര, ഭീതിദമായ

creepy in Arabic

producing a fearful sensation
مفزع
causing discomfort or repulsion
مخيف

creepy in Thai

producing a fearful sensation
น่ากลัว nâa-gluua, น่าขนลุก Ǹā k̄hnluk
More languagesFewer languages
creepy in Vietnamese
đáng sợ, kinh khủng, khủng khiếp, ghê gớm

Examples of creepy in a sentence

  • That creepy movie gave me the jitters.
  • One of the creepiest enemy types in games and shows are the "Weeping Angel" style monsters.
  • Just go to therapy and stop being this loli creepy guy and you would escape inceldom easily.”

All 37 example sentences with creepy

Forms of creepy

comparativecreepier
superlativecreepiest

Origin of creepy

From creep + -y.

Words formed from creepy

Phrases with creepy

Words that rhyme with creepy

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about creepy

What does creepy mean?
Creepy means moving by creeping along.
What is creepy in Tamil?
Creepy in Tamil is புல்லரிக்க, அஞ்ச வைக்கும், ஊர்ந்து செல்லும். See Creepy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is creepy?
Creepy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce creepy?
Creepy is pronounced /ˈkɹiːpi/ (UK).

Words near creepy in the dictionary

  1. creepshotting
  2. creepsome
  3. creeptacular
  4. creeptastic
  5. creepware
  6. creepy
  7. creepy crawler
  8. creepy crawlers
  9. creepy crawlies
  10. creepy crawly
  11. creepy stool

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: creepy (page history and authors); creepy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); creepy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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