Creep

"Creep" in Russian

отморо́зок

otmorózok

(pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)

по́лзание

pólzanije

(movement of something that creeps)

сполза́ние

spolzánije

(slight displacement)

уро́д

uród

(pejorative: frightening or disconcerting person)

хмырь

xmyrʹ

(informal: annoyingly unpleasant person)

кра́сться

krástʹsja

(to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction)

кра́сться

krástʹsja

(to move in a stealthy or secret manner)

оплы́ть

oplýtʹ

(to slip, or to become slightly displaced)

оплыва́ть

oplyvátʹ

(to slip, or to become slightly displaced)

подкра́дываться

podkrádyvatʹsja

(to move in a stealthy or secret manner)

ползти́

polztí

(to change or deviate gradually)

пресмыка́ться

presmykátʹsja

(to move or behave with servility)

стели́ться

stelítʹsja

(to grow across a surface rather than upwards)

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