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Definition of "creepy" []

  • Informal Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin: a creepy feeling; a creepy story. (adjective)
  • Informal Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive: the creepy kids next door. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "creepy" in a sentence
  • "So I know there's been threads regarding creepy men and I can see why a guy might feel insulted or take the term creepy offensively."
  • "Even the word creepy comes from the same word as the oldest term for folks like me, the politically incorrect cripple."
  • "This is company who's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, described Google's approach this way: ÂThere is what I call the creepy line."