creepy

/'kri:pi/

Thân thiện

A creepy spider crawls across the dusty floor of an old attic.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease, as if things are crawling on your skin: Used to describe something that produces a sensation of horror or revulsion, often in a subtle, unsettling way.
   • Annoying and unpleasant in a way that makes one feel uncomfortable: Used to describe a person or behavior that is disturbing or causes a sense of disgust.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old, abandoned house had a creepy atmosphere. (The feeling of the house caused fear and unease.)
  • He told a creepy story that made everyone feel nervous. (The story caused a sensation of things crawling on the skin.)
  • I find his constant staring to be really creepy. (His behavior is annoying and makes one feel uncomfortable.)

Advanced Usage

• "creepy-crawly": An informal term often used as a noun to refer to small insects or spiders that cause a creepy feeling, or as an adjective similar to "creepy."
  • I hate the creepy-crawly bugs in the basement. (I dislike the insects that cause an unpleasant, crawling sensation.)
• Used to describe a slow, unsettling realization or situation.
  • There's something creepy about how quiet the town is. (The quietness produces a gradual feeling of unease.)

Variants and Related Words

• Creep (verb): To move slowly and quietly, often in a stealthy or sinister manner.
  • The fog began to creep over the field.
• Creepily (adverb): In a creepy manner.
  • He smiled creepily from the shadows.
• Creepiness (noun): The quality of being creepy.
  • The creepiness of the doll was undeniable.

Synonyms

• Eerie: Strange and frightening.
• Spine-chilling: Causing great fear or horror.
• Uncanny: Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.
• Macabre: Disturbing and concerned with death.

Related Phrases

• Give someone the creeps: To cause someone to feel fear or disgust.
  • That old portrait gives me the creeps. (That portrait makes me feel very uneasy and frightened.)

Idioms

• Creepy-crawly feeling: A physical sensation of insects crawling on the skin, often due to fear or disgust.
  • Watching the horror movie gave me a creepy-crawly feeling.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
   • a creepy story
   • I had a creepy-crawly feeling
2. annoying and unpleasant
   • some creepy kids were bothering her

Từ đồng nghĩa

• creepy-crawly