Synonyms for creepy
ˈkri picreep·y

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1. creepyadjective

   annoying and unpleasant

   "some creepy kids were bothering her"

   Synonyms:
   creepy-crawly

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, inoffensive

2. creepy, creepy-crawlyadjective

   causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin

   "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"

   Synonyms:
   creepy-crawly

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, inoffensive

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1. List of paraphrases for "creepy":

   scary, freaky, spooky, frightening, weird, horrible, awful, terrifying, disgusting, scared

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How to use creepy in a sentence?

1. Michele Bell:

   It’s creepy down there.

2. Alison Smidt:

   On one trip to Wisconsin I had a few notes waiting for me in the room from housekeeping saying they felt an uplifting presence in my room, while that could've been taken as super creepy, this came at a time when I was feeling especially ill and alone away from home. So it was incredible. I tipped about $20 for the week that time because it was so appreciated. I didn't really calculate that amount at all. It's just what I had.

3. Amy Bushatz:

   I thought, well, that is creepy.

4. Natalie Portman:

   I was surprised to hear that he characterized the very short time that I knew him as dating because my recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I just had graduated high school.

5. Paul Russell:

   Out from under a bed it darted, at first I thought it was a cat that had a blanket on top of it. The next day I went into the creepy old cellar and it was hunkered in a corner. I thought, ‘My God, this is a cat.’.