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Recent Examples of creepiness
The theater comes by its creepiness honestly.
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John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Their play-fighting suggests a slightly incestuous, flirty relationship, that baseline creepiness of a mom who is just a little too close to her son.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
But there’s a line between convenience and creepiness.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
John Wenzel, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Their play-fighting suggests a slightly incestuous, flirty relationship, that baseline creepiness of a mom who is just a little too close to her son.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 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
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Amid the callous acts and hopeless rage of these kids—who are resourceful enough to orchestrate a high-speed heist but too disaffected for much else—a supernatural eeriness surfaces through word of mysterious lights in the sky and missing citizens.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Creepiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creepiness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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