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Examples of creepy in a Sentence
There's something creepy about that guy.
a fascinating but creepy stage show by an offbeat magician
Recent Examples of creepy from the Web
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Either way, there’s something undeniably creepy about dealing with an autonomous machine that reduces your personal worth and dignity down to code.
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Then on Sunday, the New York Times weighed in with a front page story about some patents that Amazon and Google have applied for in connection with their digital assistants that are a bit, well, creepy.
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It’s often the subtle but creepy stuff: a lingering stare, an intrusive question, even an unwanted touch on the arm.
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Will this actually make online data collection less creepy and invasive?
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Vendors will sell items ranging from taxidermy, antiques and animal bones to odd jewelry, unusual art and all-round creepy, strange and bizarre items.
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The same algorithms that were so helpful in recommending music could intrude in creepy ways, and a world in which minds were constantly merging was also one that threatened to destroy privacy altogether.
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Doesn’t a road trip sound nice, especially from this vantage, where much of the northern hemisphere is creepy crawling toward spring?
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When we were first introduced to the Black Hood, fan theories about his identity were varied, but what seemed pretty universal was that nobody was really satisfied — or convinced — that the villain was indeed creepy janitor Joseph Svenson.
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Origin and Etymology of creepy
see 1creep
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First Known Use: 1836
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms
agitating, anxious, disquieting, distressful, distressing, disturbing, fraught, hairy, nerve-racking (or nerve-wracking), nervous, restless, tense, uneasy, unnerving, unsettling, worrisome;
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CREEPY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of creepy for English Language Learners
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: strange or scary : causing people to feel nervous and afraid
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