different between horrifying vs creepy
horrifying
English
Verb
horrifying
- present participle of horrify
Adjective
horrifying (comparative more horrifying, superlative most horrifying)
- Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
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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)
- Moving by creeping along.
- (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
- (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. […]
- 1920, Algernon Blackwood, First Hate
- (informal) Strangely repulsive.
- That creepy old man keeps leering at me!
Translations
See also
- creepy-crawly
Anagrams
- crepey, crêpey
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- what creepypasta are you
- what creepy means
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- what creepypasta are you buzzfeed
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