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creepy

[kree-pee] / ˈkri pi /
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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Not to be creepy about it or anything.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

"Some creepy things start happening inside the chip shop while they're working," James said.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Like, “Oh no, now I’m the creepy freak. I’m sorry, Jack Black.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Like teens in a creepy house the software sub-sectors are being taken out methodically, one by one.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

It was a beautiful place, with its enormous willow trees and wild, colorful flowers, but it could also be creepy and isolated.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.