crawly
Adjective: - Causing a sensation of things crawling on the skin: "crawly" describes a feeling of unease or creepiness, often associated with insects, spiders, or situations that make one's skin feel as if something is moving on it. This sensation can be physical or psychological.
- (The atmosphere made me feel as if insects were crawling on me.)
- (A sensation of unease and imagined movement on her skin.)
"to feel crawly": to experience a creeping sensation on the skin, often due to fear, disgust, or cold.
- After watching that horror movie, I felt crawly all over. (A general sense of discomfort and imagined movement on the skin.)
"to give someone the crawlies": an informal expression meaning to cause a feeling of revulsion or creepy sensation.
- The sight of the centipede gave me the crawlies. (It made me feel disgusted and as if something was crawling on me.)
Crawl (verb): to move slowly on hands and knees; also, to be covered with crawling things.
- The baby began to crawl across the floor. (To move in a creeping motion.)
Crawling (adjective): covered with or full of crawling creatures.
- The floor was crawling with ants. (Covered with moving insects.)
- Creepy: causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
- Eerie: strange and frightening.
- Itchy: having or causing a tickling sensation on the skin (often associated with imagined crawling).
Make one's skin crawl: to cause a feeling of strong disgust or fear.
- The sound of nails on a chalkboard makes my skin crawl. (It creates a very unpleasant, crawly sensation.)
Have ants in one's pants: to be restless or unable to sit still (related to the sensation of crawling).
- The children had ants in their pants during the long ceremony. (They were fidgety, as if insects were crawling on them.)