creeps
English
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editcreeps
Noun
editcreeps pl (plural only)
- (preceded by definite article) A sensation that things are crawling on one's skin.
- (preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror.
- I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- As for Leo, he did not altogether like it either, but ran his fingers through his yellow curls, and remarked that it gave him the creeps.
Synonyms
edit- (anxiety): dithers, heebie-jeebies, willies, collywobbles, wiggins
- (anxiety): see Thesaurus:fear
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editcreeps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of creep