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creepy | creepify |

As an adjective creepy

is producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.

As a verb creepify is

(informal) to make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.

creepy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
  • Strangely repulsive.

    • See also

    * creepy-crawly

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    creepify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (informal) To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.
  • * 1993 July, Lorraine Ali, “Alice in Chains”, in SPIN , volume 9, number 4, Camouflage Associates, page 45:
    • Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.
  • * 2000 , Ed Sanders, America: A History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961 , David R. Godine (publisher), ISBN 978-1-57423-117-5, page 95:
    • had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track
  • * 2004 , Rich Gray, Click Or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet , McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-1862-6, page 25:
    • The Halloween section of FabulousFoods has a ton of recipes for both food and beverages, and offers a number of tips to creepify -up anything you’re planning to prepare.
  • (informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.
  • * 2002 , Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles , ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55022-527-3, page 126:
    • But the Gun Dude ends up creepifying me when he tells me to hurry because, ever since the gun ban, the assault weapons have been "selling like hot cakes."
  • * 2007 , Harmon Leon, National Lampoon Road Trip USA: All the Places Your Dad Never Stopped At , ][http://www.amazon.com/National-Lampoon-Road-Trip-USA/dp/0978832302 National Lampoon, ISBN 9780978832308, page 295:
    • I know I’m at the right place when I see 5 guys pushing a broken down van into the Café Risque parking lot (there’s ample trucker parking, but the prospect of free trucker showers creepifies me) .