Crepey vs Creepy - What's the difference?
crepey | creepy |
(of skin) Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
* 2003 , Janet Simms, A practical guide to beauty therapy
* 2004 , Joseph A Mauriello, Techniques in Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery
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Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
Strangely repulsive.
Creepy is a anagram of crepey.
As adjectives the difference between crepey and creepy
is that crepey is saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper while creepy is producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.crepey
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(en adjective)- Mix a little moisturiser with foundation under the eyes and over the neck if the skin is crepey : this will thin out the foundation a little...
- The patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.
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