Creepy
adjective
Making you feel worried, shocked, or scared.
His smile was really creepy
Often appears as...
- creepy smile
- creepy feeling
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Disapproving
adjective
Characterized by an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
A creepy horror movie
Often appears as...
- creepy atmosphere
- creepy old house
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Disapproving
adjective
Making you feel worried, shocked, or scared.
His smile was really creepy
Often appears as...
- creepy smile
- creepy feeling
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Disapproving
adjective
Characterized by an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
A creepy horror movie
Often appears as...
- creepy atmosphere
- creepy old house
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Creepy implies a negative and uncomfortable feeling, it's often unwelcome.
I decided to leave the party because it had a creepy vibe.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Creepy is sometimes used to describe abstract things that make you uneasy.
This song has a creepy undertone that makes me feel anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
What's creepy to one person might not be to another, it's based on personal reactions.
She finds clowns creepy, but I just think they're funny.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Creepy implies a negative and uncomfortable feeling, it's often unwelcome.
I decided to leave the party because it had a creepy vibe.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Creepy is sometimes used to describe abstract things that make you uneasy.
This song has a creepy undertone that makes me feel anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
What's creepy to one person might not be to another, it's based on personal reactions.
She finds clowns creepy, but I just think they're funny.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Creepy implies a negative and uncomfortable feeling, it's often unwelcome.
I decided to leave the party because it had a creepy vibe.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Creepy is sometimes used to describe abstract things that make you uneasy.
This song has a creepy undertone that makes me feel anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
What's creepy to one person might not be to another, it's based on personal reactions.
She finds clowns creepy, but I just think they're funny.
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How optical illusions...
Now for that creepy Lincoln upside down face. Faces trigger activity in areas of the brain that have specifically evolved to help us recognize faces. Like the fusiform face area and others in the occipital and temporal lobes. It makes sense, too, we're very social animals with highly complex ways of interacting with each other.
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Drew Dudley: Everyday...
All of the sudden, you got to me, and you just stopped. And you stared. It was creepy." This girl knows what I'm talking about. "Then you looked at the guy next to me, smiled, reached into your bucket, pulled out a lollipop, held it out to him and said, 'You need to give a lollipop to the beautiful woman next to you.'"
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Can Sloths Kill You? PIPE...
can move around on the ground, but a sloth moving around on the ground is possibly one of the creepiest things that you will ever see in your life. Yeah, it's it's more of like a crawl in a really strange way, like something out of a horror film, really. But no, they can't walk upright. Why do sloths exist?
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The surprising habits of...
They were afraid of embarrassing themselves, of looking stupid. But guess what? Originals have lots and lots of bad ideas, tons of them, in fact. Take the guy who invented this. Do you care that he came up with a talking doll so creepy that it scared not only kids but adults, too?
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Discovering Wildlife in...
But as creepy and as weird looking as they are, they're so important to the environment. Right. We are off in search of birds. We are hearing them a lot, but seeing them is another thing. They fly overhead, but actually don't sit down for too long.
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For the love of fangirls...
less capable of reason and unworthy of the same intellectual respect as their brothers. Separately, I become obsessed with female screams. Not in a creepy way. I'm talking about, like, those shrieks and squeals that fangirls let out at concerts.
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What I learned from...
So what's the scariest thing you've ever done? Maybe it's spiders. A lot of people are afraid of spiders. I think you should be afraid of spiders -- spiders are creepy and they've got long, hairy legs,
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The art of winging it PIPE...
orphans made of orphans from my home for creepy things everybody needs a place in this world this is Sally I also have a puppet troupe so I got tired of doing it so I'm making things that do it for me
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
Fortified again and again until the end of World War Two, its walls once bristled with guns, But they fell silent decades ago, Up we go! So eerie, very eerie and creepy.
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The World's Weirdest...
touch it it's amazing ultra sensitive feelers have rewarded it with yet another meal to be enjoyed in the darkness of its creepy super-powered world
Video examples
How optical illusions...
Now for that creepy Lincoln upside down face. Faces trigger activity in areas of the brain that have specifically evolved to help us recognize faces. Like the fusiform face area and others in the occipital and temporal lobes. It makes sense, too, we're very social animals with highly complex ways of interacting with each other.
Video examples
Drew Dudley: Everyday...
All of the sudden, you got to me, and you just stopped. And you stared. It was creepy." This girl knows what I'm talking about. "Then you looked at the guy next to me, smiled, reached into your bucket, pulled out a lollipop, held it out to him and said, 'You need to give a lollipop to the beautiful woman next to you.'"
Video examples
Can Sloths Kill You? PIPE...
can move around on the ground, but a sloth moving around on the ground is possibly one of the creepiest things that you will ever see in your life. Yeah, it's it's more of like a crawl in a really strange way, like something out of a horror film, really. But no, they can't walk upright. Why do sloths exist?
Video examples
The surprising habits of...
They were afraid of embarrassing themselves, of looking stupid. But guess what? Originals have lots and lots of bad ideas, tons of them, in fact. Take the guy who invented this. Do you care that he came up with a talking doll so creepy that it scared not only kids but adults, too?
Video examples
Discovering Wildlife in...
But as creepy and as weird looking as they are, they're so important to the environment. Right. We are off in search of birds. We are hearing them a lot, but seeing them is another thing. They fly overhead, but actually don't sit down for too long.
Video examples
For the love of fangirls...
less capable of reason and unworthy of the same intellectual respect as their brothers. Separately, I become obsessed with female screams. Not in a creepy way. I'm talking about, like, those shrieks and squeals that fangirls let out at concerts.
Video examples
What I learned from...
So what's the scariest thing you've ever done? Maybe it's spiders. A lot of people are afraid of spiders. I think you should be afraid of spiders -- spiders are creepy and they've got long, hairy legs,
Video examples
The art of winging it PIPE...
orphans made of orphans from my home for creepy things everybody needs a place in this world this is Sally I also have a puppet troupe so I got tired of doing it so I'm making things that do it for me
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
Fortified again and again until the end of World War Two, its walls once bristled with guns, But they fell silent decades ago, Up we go! So eerie, very eerie and creepy.
Video examples
The World's Weirdest...
touch it it's amazing ultra sensitive feelers have rewarded it with yet another meal to be enjoyed in the darkness of its creepy super-powered world
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Quote examples
Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they're not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread.
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Kehlani
American Musician
Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it's really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they're creepy or not.
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Tom Noonan
American Actor
I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.
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Josie Totah
American Actress
I'm a pretty fearless person. I'm afraid of, like, creepy men in white vans and sidewalks with no streetlights. But I'm not afraid to go in front of someone and twerk on them.
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Soccer Mommy
American Musician
Sadly, you can't just pretend that you haven't seen the creepy things that people have said about you. It's something that gets in your brain.
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Kate Beckinsale
English Actress
Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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Butch Hartman
When you're a kid, helping an old lady across the street is kind of cute. But when you're an adult, it's just plain creepy.
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Ransom Riggs
American Writer
Creepy is better than just plain scary because you can't look away from creepy - you want to know the truth!
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Jodelle Ferland
Canadian Actress
I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.
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Alex Lawther
English Actor
Technology really helps our daily lives, but things like location services are actually quite creepy.
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Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
I think of setting as almost a character of its own, influencing the other characters in ways they're not even aware of. So much of the success of a good ghost story rides on creating a creepy atmosphere; details of the landscape itself can help create a sense of dread.
Quote examples
Kehlani
American Musician
Me being so open just helps other people. People feel like they know me so much that they can talk to me all of the time about really personal things. Sometimes it's really nice and comforting. It depends on the person, whether they're creepy or not.
Quote examples
Tom Noonan
American Actor
I think I probably have a creepy kind of scary quality. Otherwise, I wouldn't get jobs. But I also think it has a little bit to do with, you've done it a couple times, and then people see you that way.
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Josie Totah
American Actress
I'm a pretty fearless person. I'm afraid of, like, creepy men in white vans and sidewalks with no streetlights. But I'm not afraid to go in front of someone and twerk on them.
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Soccer Mommy
American Musician
Sadly, you can't just pretend that you haven't seen the creepy things that people have said about you. It's something that gets in your brain.
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Kate Beckinsale
English Actress
Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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Butch Hartman
When you're a kid, helping an old lady across the street is kind of cute. But when you're an adult, it's just plain creepy.
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Ransom Riggs
American Writer
Creepy is better than just plain scary because you can't look away from creepy - you want to know the truth!
Quote examples
Jodelle Ferland
Canadian Actress
I don't exactly set out to only play creepy characters, it's just that a lot of those roles come my way.
Quote examples
Alex Lawther
English Actor
Technology really helps our daily lives, but things like location services are actually quite creepy.
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