Word Study
creepy
CIDE DICTIONARY
creepy, a.
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. [1913 Webster]
"One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
creepy, adj. (creepier, creepiest)
1 colloq. having or producing a creeping of the flesh (I feel creepy; a creepy film).
2 given to creeping.
1 colloq. having or producing a creeping of the flesh (I feel creepy; a creepy film).
2 given to creeping.
Derivative
creepily adv. creepiness n.
Etymology
CREEP
THESAURUS
creepy
barfy, bum, cheesy, crappy, crawly, crummy, dirty, eerie, formicative, godawful, goshawful, grim, hairy, icky, punk, putrid, shitty, spooky, stinking, stinky, uncanny, unco, uncolike, vomity, weird, yecchyFor further exploring for "creepy" in Webster Dictionary Online