creepiness

Definition of creepinessnext

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Recent Examples of creepiness The best scene is likely when the swarm of rats first comes to town, played up for maximum creepiness. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 House of Leaves is all about destabilization, and the layout of the book helps with its creepiness. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 June 2026 The world is only a few years into the AI boom, and this strange brew of hype, utility, and creepiness is commonplace. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 All three were cult exploitation films from Brownrigg, a producer-director known for his ability to create creepiness with very little money. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 7 Feb. 2026 The theater comes by its creepiness honestly. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025 But there’s a line between convenience and creepiness. — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creepiness
Noun
  • The play depends on the creeping eeriness of thinking your place of comfort has been corrupted and undercut by evil.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In the eeriness of quietude and gossamer sound, Atkinson invites us to stew, and then break free.
    — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s ample gore and jumpy moments, but the true scariness here is of the forlorn kind; leads Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen play the mounting nightmare with ache and desperation, elevating the emotional tenor of a dolefully eerie movie.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
  • In Howard Schwartz’s version of Rabbinic folktales, the images and storylines of Jewish folklore become colorful, polymorphic, and wondrous while never losing an aura of ancient scariness.
    — Jon Raymond August 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • And Art the Clown’s mime-of-mayhem harlequin ghoulishness is part of the extremity.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Creepiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creepiness. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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