creepy
- 1Making you feel scared and uncomfortable, as if something were crawling on your skin.
The old house looks creepy at night.
That was the creepiest movie I have ever seen.
UsageA place is creepy. You feel creeped out.
Similareerie, spooky, scary, sinister, unsettling
- 2Acting so strangely that other people feel uncomfortable or want to stay away.
He kept talking to his plants in a whisper, which was a bit creepy.
Our creepy neighbor collects old dolls and sits them all in his front window.
UsagePeople often say a bit creepy, or it's creepy how he talks.
- 3Making people feel uncomfortable by looking at them or acting toward them in an unwanted sexual way.
The women moved away from the creepy man who kept staring at their legs on the bus.
She told her manager that a customer was being creepy and kept asking for her phone number.
UsageCalling someone creepy can sound like this. If you just mean odd, say strange or weird.
Similarsleazy, lecherous, lewd
Note
- 4Moving slowly along close to the ground, like a bug or a worm.
The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens, / And ink in unfailing supplies: / While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens, / And watched them with wondering eyes.
1874, Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Fifth. The Beaver’s Lesson.”Note
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Origin
Made from the word creep and the ending -y.
Checked 3 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Creepy is formed from creep and the suffix -y. en.wiktionary.org