Sit down, kid! You've got the heebie-jeebies!
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Heebie-jeebies
//ˌhiː.biːˈdʒiː.biːz//
Synonyms for "heebie-jeebies" (18 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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16 translations across 4 languages.
German
2 entries- Angstzustände noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
- Gänsehaut noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
Hungarian
4 entries- borsódzik a háta (tőle) noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
- borzongás noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
- frász noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
- félelem noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
Polish
1 entries- ciarki noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
Spanish
2 entries- canguelo noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
- yuyu noun (a general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea)
Sample sentences
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It gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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Tom's costume gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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I don't mind worms, but spiders give me the heebie-jeebies.
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