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See definition of crawly on Dictionary.com
  • as ineerie
  • as initchy

synonyms for crawly

  • bizarre
  • creepy
  • fantastic
  • frightening
  • ghostly
  • mysterious
  • scary
  • strange
  • supernatural
  • uncanny
  • weird
  • awesome
  • spectral
  • unearthly

antonyms for crawly

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  • common
  • earthly
  • familiar
  • natural
  • normal
  • regular
  • usual
  • ordinary
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    How to use crawly in a sentence

    Though people often use the term “bug” to mean any creepy-crawly, the word actually belongs to a specific group of insects.
    EXPLAINER: INSECTS, ARACHNIDS AND OTHER ARTHROPODSCURTIS SEGARRAJANUARY 19, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
    It all kind o' makes my skin go all crawly when there's somethin' projectin' around and I don't know of it.
    ISLE O' DREAMSFREDERICK F. MOORE
    There werent spiders, or rats, or any crawly things to lend picturesqueness to the situation.
    NOTHING BUT THE TRUTHFREDERIC S. ISHAM
    And now comes the best part of the story, which is, of course, the "creepy-crawly" and horrible part.
    HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DECEMBER 23, 1879VARIOUS
    There was something so peculiar about this business that, as Terry expressed it, he was "crawly all over."
    THE HUNTERS OF THE OZARKEDWARD S. ELLIS
    Was the cellar all horrid with old papers and rats and mice and spiders and crawly things with legs?
    THE ADOPTING OF ROSA MARIECARROLL WATSON RANKIN
    At that, you can't blame it for being crawly and stinking if it had been anywhere near the Boche.
    THE STARS & STRIPES, VOL 1, NO 1, FEBRUARY 8, 1918AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
    Anyhow, anything is better than sharing your bed with you-dont-know-what creepy-crawly things, declared Raynor.
    THE OCEAN WIRELESS BOYS ON THE PACIFICWILBUR LAWTON
    All over the tree they ran, creepy, crawly, looking at every single thing.
    HOW TO TELL STORIES TO CHILDRENSARA CONE BRYANT
    I kept on using my laptop, though I got a skin-crawly feeling when I used it.
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    OCTOBER 26, 1985
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    WORDS RELATED TO CRAWLY

    • crawling
    • crawly
    • prickling
    • tickling
    • tingling
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