I'm getting a spare tire around my waist. I guess it's middle age creeping up on me.
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Creeping
/ˈkɹiːpɪŋ/
Synonyms for "creeping" (181 found)
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Closest matches (37)
all foursamblingamphibiananguineatiptoeatmosphericsbatrachianblaringblastingblind spotcautiouscautiousnesscircumspectcircumspectionclaudicantcolubriformcrawlcrawlingcreepcreeping like snail
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Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (54)
foot-draggingfroggygentlegradualgumshoeinghaltinghobbledhobblinghoneycombedidleidlenessindolenceindolentinertiainertnessinterferencelanguidlanguorlanguorouslaziness
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Noun(10 words)
gradualgradual encroachmentground cover habitgrowinchinginfiltrateinsidiousinsidious growthpermeateprogressive
Verb(1 words)
Related words (90)
relaxedreluctancereluctantrepentreptantreptatorialreptilereptilelikereptilianreptiliformreptiloidsaturatedsaunteringsaurianscrabblescrambleserpentiformserpentileserpentineserpentlike
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serpentoidshot throughshufflingsidlingslackslacknessslimyslinkingslitheringslothslothfulslowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-crawlingslow-footslow-goingslow-leggedslow-movingslow-pacedslow-pokyslow-runningslow-sailingslow-steppedslownesssluggardysluggishsluggishnesssnail-pacedsnaillikesnakelikesnakingsnakysneakingstaggeringstaticstealingstrollingswarmingteemingtentativetentativenesstippytoetiptoetiptoeingtoadishtoddlingtortoiseliketotteringtrudgingturtlelikeunhurriedviperiformviperishviperlikeviperoidviperousviperywaddlingworming
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More general
14 entriesgradual changegrowthgrowth formgrowth habitinfluencelocomotionmotionmovemovementphysical processprogressionpropagationspreadtravel
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18 entriescorruptioncrawlcreeping advancecreeping alongcreeping biascreeping contagioncreeping corruptioncreeping diffusioncreeping figcreeping forwardcreeping gaitcreeping influencecreeping ivycreeping pacedecayinflation
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Collocations
13 entriescreeping contagioncreeping growthcreeping habitcreeping inflationcreeping influencecreeping ivycreeping pacecreeping plantcreeping plantscreeping ratecreeping spreadcreeping suspicioncreeping trend
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Fear left, hope came, and then the first real improvements began creeping in.
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And then came creeping over her face and eyes flies without wings; she winked and blinked, but they could not fly away, for their wings had been pulled off; this, added to the hunger she felt, was horrible torture.
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Tom is creeping me out.
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