Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin.
- adjective Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Chilled and crawling, as with horror or fear.
- See
creepie , creepie.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective producing an
uneasy fearful sensation , as of thingscrawling over one'sskin - adjective
strangely repulsive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective annoying and unpleasant
- adjective causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
Etymologies
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Examples
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So I know there's been threads regarding creepy men and I can see why a guy might feel insulted or take the term creepy offensively.
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This is company who's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, described Google's approach this way: There is what I call the creepy line.
Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011
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This is company who's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, described Google's approach this way: There is what I call the creepy line.
Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011
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Even the word creepy comes from the same word as the oldest term for folks like me, the politically incorrect cripple.
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"There is what I call the creepy line," he said, according to The Hill.
Eric K. Clemons: A Guide To The Action At Eric Schmidt's Testimony, Part 2 Eric K. Clemons 2011
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This is company who's former CEO, Eric Schmidt, described Google's approach this way: ÂThere is what I call the creepy line.
Nathan Newman: Is Google Cruising Towards a Legal Meltdown? Nathan Newman 2011
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"There is what I call the creepy line," he said, according to The Hill.
Eric Schmidt: Google's Policy Is To 'Get Right Up To The Creepy Line' (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The kids are doing what they call creepy crawling.
'Magic Words' By Jill McCorkle: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature 2010
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"It's really remarkable how often I saw the word 'creepy'" in the survey comments, McKee said.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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"It's really remarkable how often I saw the word 'creepy'" in the survey comments, McKee said.
skipvia commented on the word creepy
Help, mollusque! This is really creeping me out.
July 1, 2009