Don't burst out laughing like that. It's creepy.
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Creepy
//ˈkɹiːpi//
Synonyms for "creepy" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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2 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مخيف adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- مفزع adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Basque
1 entries- beldurgarria adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зловещ adj (feeling an uneasy fearful sensation)
- предизвикващ тръпки adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- пълзящ adj (moving by creeping along)
Catalan
2 entries- aborronador adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- esborronador adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 嚇人 /吓人 adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- 嚇人 /吓人 adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- 恐怖 adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- 恐怖 adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
Danish
2 entries- skræmmende adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- uhyggelig adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Dutch
1 entries- griezelig adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Finnish
2 entries- kammottava adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- karmiva adj (producing a fearful sensation)
French
3 entries- angoissant adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- flippant adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- flippant adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
German
4 entries- abstoßend adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- gruselig adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- gruselig adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- kriechend adj (moving by creeping along)
Hungarian
4 entries- félelmetes adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- hátborzongató adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- kísérteties adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- rémisztő adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Icelandic
1 entries- hrollvekjandi adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Irish
2 entries- aisteach adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- fuarú adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Italian
2 entries- angosciante adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- inquietante adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Japanese
2 entries- 気味悪い adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- 気持ち悪い adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Khmer
2 entries- គួរឱ្យខ្លាច adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- គួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាច adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Macedonian
3 entries- ко́шмарен adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- мо́рничав adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- стра́шен adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Portuguese
1 entries- horripilante adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Russian
4 entries- броса́ющий в дрожь adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- вызыва́ющий мура́шки adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- гадкий adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- гадливый adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- uaigealta adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- èiginneach adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Spanish
4 entries- dar miedito adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- desconcertante adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- desconfortante adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- escalofriante adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Swedish
4 entries- kuslig adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- kuslig adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
- obehaglig adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- obehaglig adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
Thai
2 entries- น่ากลัว adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- น่าขนลุก adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Turkish
1 entries- ürpertici adj (producing a fearful sensation)
Vietnamese
4 entries- ghê gớm adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- khủng khiếp adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- kinh khủng adj (producing a fearful sensation)
- kinh tởm adj (causing discomfort or repulsion)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
What are you hiding? Come on, tell me. You can't keep it from me. That's creepy.
Source: tatoeba (35784)
From humorous to creepy stories, like the last volume, you can enjoy various types of stories.
Source: tatoeba (327341)
A creepy cry that sounds like a human voice, velvet black wings, the image of tearing into dead flesh; crows are known across the world as an ill-omened bird that flies down with ill-luck.
Source: tatoeba (328186)
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