creepy

creepy

English

Etymology

creep +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːpi/

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• (General American) enPR: krīʹpī, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹipi/
• Rhymes: -iːpi
• Hyphenation: creep‧y

Adjective

creepy (comparative creepier, superlative creepiest)

1. Moving by creeping along.
   • 1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark […] , London: Macmillan, Fit the Fifth.⁠ The Beaver's Lesson:

     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.

2. (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
3. (informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
   • 1920, Algernon Blackwood, First Hate

     “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. […]

4. (informal) Strangely repulsive.

   That creepy old man keeps leering at me!

Related terms

• creepy crawler
• creepy-crawly
• creepy-peepy
• creepy weepy

 

Translations

Moving by creeping along

Bulgarian: пълзящ (bg) (pǎlzjašt) German: kriechend (de)

producing a fearful sensation

Arabic: مفزع‎ m Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: beldurgarria Bulgarian: предизвикващ тръпки (predizvikvašt trǎpki) Catalan: esborronador (ca), aborronador Chinese: Mandarin: 詭異／诡异 (zh), 嚇人／吓人 (zh) (xiàrén), 恐怖 (zh) (kǒngbù) Dutch: griezelig (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: karmiva French: angoissant (fr) m, flippant (fr) Irish: fuarú, aisteach German: gruselig (de), schaurig (de), schauerlich, unheimlich (de) Scottish Gaelic: uaigealta, èiginneach Hungarian: hátborzongató (hu), rémisztő (hu), kísérteties (hu), félelmetes (hu) Icelandic: hrollvekjandi Italian: angosciante (it), inquietante (it) Japanese: 気持ち悪い (kimochiwarui), 気味悪い (kimiwarui) Khmer: គួរឱ្យខ្លាច (kuor aoy khlach), គួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាច (kuor aoy phyokhlach) Macedonian: мо́рничав (mórničav), ко́шмарен (kóšmaren), стра́шен (strášen) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: horripilante (pt) Russian: жу́ткий (ru) (žútkij), броса́ющий в дрожь (brosájuščij v drožʹ), вызыва́ющий мура́шки (vyzyvájuščij muráški), противный (ru) (protivnyj), гадкий (ru) (gadkij), гадливый (ru) (gadlivyj), отталкивающий (ru) (ottalkivajuščij), страхолюдный (ru) (straxoljudnyj), отпугивающий (ru) (otpugivajuščij), кошмарный (ru) (košmarnyj), кошмарный (ru) (košmarnyj), страшенный (ru) (strašennyj) (colloquial) Spanish: espeluznante Swedish: kuslig (sv), obehaglig (sv) Thai: น่ากลัว (nâa-gluua), น่าขนลุก (Ǹā k̄hnluk) Turkish: ürpertici (tr) Vietnamese: đáng sợ (vi), kinh khủng (vi), khủng khiếp (vi), ghê gớm (vi)

Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation

Bulgarian: зловещ (bg) (zlovešt)

strangely repulsive

Arabic: مخيف‎ m Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 嚇人／吓人 (zh) (xiàrén), 恐怖 (zh) (kǒngbù) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kammottava (fi) French: flippant (fr) German: abstoßend (de), widerlich (de), gruselig (de) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: temible (es), perturbador, inquietante Swedish: kuslig (sv), obehaglig (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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