creepy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Causing an uneasy, frightened feeling, as if something were crawling over your skin.

   The old house felt creepy, with its dark hallways and creaking doors.

2. 2
   adj

   Making you feel uncomfortable, especially through strange or sexually inappropriate behaviour.

   That creepy old man keeps staring at me on the bus.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kreupaną Proto-West Germanic *kreupan Old English crēopan Middle English crepen English creep Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creepy From creep + -y.

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