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creepy
adjective as in nasty, scary
Strongest matches
awful, disgusting, disturbing, eerie, frightening, ghoulish, macabre, menacing, ominous, sinister, terrifying, weird
Weak matches
direful, dreadful, gruesome, hair-raising, horrible, itching, itchy, nightmarish, shuddersome, threatening, unpleasant
Example Sentences
Wickline pivots midway through when “Update” host Colin Jost tells her the song isn’t romantic enough, which leads to a creepy domestic detour that ends up coming right back to the trolley tracks.
Vought, however, is every inch a type most Americans know well and loathe: the creepy religious fanatic.
She previously told the BBC she'd be "more successful if I wore a muzzle" after a backlash to her comments about "creepy" fan behaviour and taking a break to focus on her wellbeing.
When Mr Silver arranged to take a statement, the court heard, she asked a friend to be with her, writing a message saying: "The creepy police officer wants to come down again."
The resulting music is suitably creepy, encompassing decaying jazz, abrasive industrial and the occasional section of ambient unease.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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