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Synonyms for creep
kripcreep
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Wiktionary
Princeton's WordNet
creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spooknoun
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Synonyms:
wraith, shade, specter, weirdie, ghost, loony, weirdo, nutcase, looney, spectre, spook, crawling, crazy, weirdy, creeping, crawlcreepnoun
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
Synonyms:
crawling, weirdie, weirdy, weirdo, crawl, spook, creepingcreepnoun
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
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crawling, weirdie, weirdy, weirdo, crawl, spook, creepingcrawl, crawling, creep, creepingverb
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
Synonyms:
crawl, weirdo, weirdy, weirdie, front crawl, crawling, spook, creepingcrawl, creepverb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
Synonyms:
crawl, pussyfoot, mouse, sneak, fawn, grovel, cower, cringesneak, mouse, creep, pussyfootverb
to go stealthily or furtively
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
Synonyms:
cower, cabbage, filch, sneak, slip, fawn, snarf, purloin, crawl, grovel, nobble, cringe, pinch, hook, lift, swipe, pussyfoot, mouse, pilfer, abstractcreepverb
grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
Synonyms:
crawl, pussyfoot, mouse, sneak, fawn, grovel, cower, cringefawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb
show submission or fear
Synonyms:
cower, sneak, recoil, bootlick, fawn, quail, flinch, funk, crawl, grovel, huddle, cringe, wince, truckle, kowtow, kotow, pussyfoot, squinch, mouse, suck up, toady, shrink
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
creepverb
Synonyms:
crawlcreepverb
Synonyms:
steal, glide stealthily, come unnoticedcreepverb
Synonyms:
fawn, cringe, play the sycophant
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1475 | abstract | |
| #2382 | mouse | |
| #3304 | crazy | |
| #4049 | monster | |
| #4499 | lift | |
| #4692 | ghost | |
| #5110 | slip | |
| #5613 | hook | |
| #8025 | shade | |
| #8260 | funk | |
| #11745 | freak | |
| #13161 | shrink | |
| #14107 | asshole | |
| #14216 | crawl | |
| #15342 | bastard | |
| #16203 | sneak | |
| #16414 | cabbage | |
| #17127 | pinch | |
| #18621 | creep | |
| #19770 | deformation | |
| #20266 | looney | |
| #22481 | crawling | |
| #22782 | quail | |
| #24573 | specter | |
| #26337 | creeping | |
| #27757 | spectre | |
| #29193 | crp | |
| #30821 | fawn | |
| #31728 | recoil | |
| #31924 | wince | |
| #38462 | swipe | |
| #43010 | cringe | |
| #44415 | wraith | |
| #48422 | vermin | |
| #49409 | huddle | |
| #50705 | weirdo | |
| #51175 | loony | |
| #51312 | spook | |
| #76457 | flinch | |
| #96993 | snarf | |
| #99861 | nutcase | |
| #102486 | cower | |
| #116571 | grovel | |
| #128894 | toady | |
| #176519 | filch | |
| #199693 | pilfer | |
| #207328 | kowtow | |
| #271278 | pussyfoot | |
| #275633 | truckle |
How to use creep in a sentence?
There's been an awful lot of bad news priced in. So perhaps the absence of new negatives are enough to allow for a small sense of positivity to creep in.
When we opened for the first time after the flood, it started just dead. And you start to have that sense of dread creep in. Did I do all this, did I sink all this money in, have I started this business and people can't even get here anymore?
This trend is going to be pretty lasting, and I think David Rothman are going to see a gradual creep in the direction of the Democrats for a while.
I suspect that this time will be different, that we won't have the creep that we've had.
I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.
Translations for creep
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- زحفArabic
- свличане, пълзя, стеля, пълзенеBulgarian
- plížit seCzech
- krybe, listeDanish
- Schleich, schleichen, Knilch, kriechenGerman
- arrastrarseSpanish
- خزش, خزیدنPersian
- hyypiö, nilkki, ryömintä, hivuttautua, viruminen, [[aiheuttaa]] [[väristyksiä]], värisyttää, vetäytyä, naarata, karmio, matelu, kyylä, liikahdus, [[kasvaa]] [[maata]] [[pitkin]], ryömiä, hiipiä, nöyristelläFinnish
- rampement, ramper, fatigueFrench
- corrachIrish
- èalaidhScottish Gaelic
- रेंगनाHindi
- csúszás-mászás, kúszás, kúszik, oson, lopakodikHungarian
- merayapIndonesian
- ruffiano, scorrimento, deriva, strisciare, spostamento, scollamento, antipatico, strisciamento, lecchinoItalian
- זחילהHebrew
- 伝う, 忍び寄る, クリープ, 這うJapanese
- ಕ್ರೀಪ್Kannada
- 기다Korean
- sicine subrepstiLatin
- tapanihi, whakaninihiMāori
- engerd, kruipen, opschuiven, kruip, griezelDutch
- creepNorwegian
- pełzaniePolish
- rastejarPortuguese
- târîRomanian
- подкра́дываться, ползать, ползание, оплы́ть, оплыва́ть, ползти́, кра́сться, сползание, пресмыка́ться, стели́ться, урод, отморозокRussian
- äckelpotta, krypa, miffo, klänga, smyga, äckelSwedish
- தொய்வுTamil
- క్రీప్Telugu
- เล็ดลอดThai
- sürünmeTurkish
- повзатиUkrainian
- ریںگناUrdu
- leoVietnamese
- קריכןYiddish
- 爬行Chinese
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