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creepy

English

Etymology

creep +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?i?pi/
  • (General American) enPR: kr??p?, IPA(key): /?k?ipi/
  • Rhymes: -i?pi
  • Hyphenation: creep?y

Adjective

creepy (comparative creepier, superlative creepiest)

  1. Moving by creeping along.
  2. (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
  3. (informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
    • 1920, Algernon Blackwood, First Hate
      “I felt creepy and afraid,” continued the other, with conviction. “I had the sensation of being seen by someone—as if someone, I mean, was watching me. []
  4. (informal) Strangely repulsive.
    That creepy old man keeps leering at me!

Translations

See also

  • creepy-crawly

Anagrams

  • crepey, crêpey

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disturbing

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?t??b??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)b??

Adjective

disturbing (comparative more disturbing, superlative most disturbing)

  1. Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.

Translations

Verb

disturbing

  1. present participle of disturb

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