creepify

English

Etymology

From creep +‎ -ify or creepy +‎ -ify.

Verb

creepify (third-person singular simple present creepifies, present participle creepifying, simple past and past participle creepified)

1. (transitive, 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, page 95:

     McCloy 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, 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.

2. (transitive, informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.
   • 2002, Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles, ECW Press, →ISBN, 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,^[1][2] National Lampoon, →ISBN, 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).