creepy
English
/ˈkɹiːpi/, /ˈkɹipi/
adj
Definitions
- Moving by creeping along.
- (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
- (informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
- (informal) Strangely repulsive.
Etymology
Suffix from English creep (be creepy, make uncomfortable).
Origin
English
creep
Gloss
be creepy, make uncomfortable
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurocreep English
- becreep English
- creep English
- creepage English
- creepazoid English
- creepdar English
- creeper English
- creepest English
- creepeth English
- creepfest English
- creephole English
- creepify English
- creepily English
- creepiness English
- creeping English
- creepmeter English
- creepmouse English
- creepo English
- creepoid English
- creepshot English
- creepsome English
- creeptacular English
- creeptastic English
- creepware English
- creepypasta English
- cripple English
- increep English
- outcreep English
- pasta English
- uncreepy English
- undercreep English
- creepypasta Spanish, Castilian
- crepen Middle English