creepyadjective
uk/ˈkriː.pi/us/ˈkriː.pi/informalstrange or unnatural and making you feel frightened:
a creepy film
a creepy smile
unpleasant and making you feel uncomfortable, especially because of sexual behaviour that is not wanted or not appropriate:
She got pestered by a creepy cab driver.
In our culture, a friendship between an 11-year-old girl and a 36-year-old man is considered creepy.
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Describing things that cause fear
- awesome
- bloodcurdling
- chilling
- fearsome
- frightening
- hair-raising
- hairy
- horrible
- intimidating
- scary
- spine-chilling
- spine-tingling
- spooky
- terrifying
- traumatic
- white-knuckle
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Bad and wrong behaviour
creepiness
noun [ U ] /ˈkriː.pi.nəs//ˈkriː.pi.nəs/
At Hallowe'en, we celebrate screams, spooks, ghouls, and general creepiness.