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creepier

ADJECTIVE

nasty, scary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awful disgusting disturbing eerie frightening ghoulish macabre menacing ominous sinister terrifying weird

WEAK

direful dreadful gruesome hair-raising horrible itching itchy nightmarish shuddersome threatening unpleasant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

normal pleasing

WEAK

good nice pleasant unscary

Example Sentences

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Every year, Halloween gets bigger, earlier and creepier.

From Washington Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Which, when you think about it, could be a lot creepier than a few extra fingers.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

But I've learned so much from that book, I feel like the second one is coming out creepier from the beginning.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023

Here, she’s called the Wood Sprite and is played by an icy-voiced Tilda Swinton, who also voices the Wood Sprite’s even creepier sister, Death.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

“Me either. This house is creepier than my uncle Willie’s funeral home. Lucrative business, always in demand, but creepy.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas