creepier; creepiest
1
: producing a nervous shivery apprehension
a creepy horror story
also
: eerie
2
: of, relating to, or being a creep : annoyingly unpleasant
a creepy old man
Synonyms of creepy
Examples of creepy in a Sentence
There's something creepy about that guy.
a fascinating but creepy stage show by an offbeat magician
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Sixty-three percent of Glamour readers polled think lurking is annoying and also kind of creepy.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2026
An empty shoe can also come to host a creepy crawler.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
The company’s parks division continues to print money (partly by squeezing creepy Disney adults who are going into debt to finance their addiction to Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026
Hopkins turned in a tour de force creepy performance that presaged his Oscar-winning work in The Silence of the Lambs years later.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2026
An empty shoe can also come to host a creepy crawler.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
The company’s parks division continues to print money (partly by squeezing creepy Disney adults who are going into debt to finance their addiction to Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage).
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for creepy
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“Creepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creepy. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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