creepier; creepiest
1
: producing a nervous shivery apprehension
a creepy horror story
also
: eerie
2
: of, relating to, or being a creep : annoyingly unpleasant
a creepy old man
Examples of creepy in a Sentence
There's something creepy about that guy.
a fascinating but creepy stage show by an offbeat magician
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This time of the year, your yard might be getting visits that are scary and creepy.
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Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Really, though, worth it for Amy Madigan's creepy Aunt Gladys alone.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The clip then hints that the small town is anything but, with disappearances of children, creepy creatures and more lurking in its past and haunting the present.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
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Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
Three years after their wonderfully creepy first feature film Coraline, the stop-motion wizards at Laika released this horror comedy about an 11-year-old boy who can communicate with the dead.
—Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Really, though, worth it for Amy Madigan's creepy Aunt Gladys alone.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The clip then hints that the small town is anything but, with disappearances of children, creepy creatures and more lurking in its past and haunting the present.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for creepy
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“Creepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creepy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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