as in jerks
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods
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as in encroaches
to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits
water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor
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as in lingers
to move or act slowly
that Friday afternoon we were just creeping, waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend
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Recent Examples of creeps
Patricia Camden,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Giving this much power to women hopefully filters out the worst, impatient creeps.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
Succumbing to the urge to scroll Instagram the second conversation grows quiet or social awkwardness creeps in.
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Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
But here, in the strongest era of his leading man status, Caine is a dashing, moral, relentless badass who takes out an entire family of rich creeps.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Fences and landscaping creeps can cause small misunderstandings that quickly grow into legal disputes.
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Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
In the dead of night, a group of armed thieves creeps toward a locked vault.
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Olivia Potts,
Longreads,
28 May 2026
Photos from the area showed cars slowly traveling through the floodwaters as water rises and creeps onto sidewalks in the area.
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Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
That tight feeling that creeps in around Sunday afternoon — the one that turns a good weekend into a bracing countdown — has a name, and therapists say your Sunday schedule plays a bigger role in it than most people realize.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
Peter Ross,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.
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José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
The look of elation that creeps over his face is a perfect encapsulation of everything that long-suffering Knicks fans were feeling when the ad aired.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
Humidity creeps back into the picture on Sunday with highs in the low 90s, increasing clouds and brisk southwest winds ahead of a strong cold front.
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Tammie Souza,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Cleary asks people to pay attention to which feelings keep surfacing and when—anger that flares every evening, say, or loneliness that creeps in at night.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
10 June 2026
When the temperature creeps above 90°F, light, airy fragrances are the move.
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Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
But danger creeps in, now that the heat has broken.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Hesitation creeps in, options narrow and teams begin playing within themselves.
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Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
In some environments, workflows designed for speed begin slowing down again as manual review creeps back into the process.
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Patricia Camden,
Fortune,
20 June 2026
Giving this much power to women hopefully filters out the worst, impatient creeps.
—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2026
Succumbing to the urge to scroll Instagram the second conversation grows quiet or social awkwardness creeps in.
—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
But here, in the strongest era of his leading man status, Caine is a dashing, moral, relentless badass who takes out an entire family of rich creeps.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Fences and landscaping creeps can cause small misunderstandings that quickly grow into legal disputes.
—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
In the dead of night, a group of armed thieves creeps toward a locked vault.
—
Olivia Potts,
Longreads,
28 May 2026
Photos from the area showed cars slowly traveling through the floodwaters as water rises and creeps onto sidewalks in the area.
—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
That tight feeling that creeps in around Sunday afternoon — the one that turns a good weekend into a bracing countdown — has a name, and therapists say your Sunday schedule plays a bigger role in it than most people realize.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
Verb
Misalignment creeps in simply because a high volume of choices are handed off to local leaders operating under distinct market pressures.
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Peter Ross,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.
—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
The look of elation that creeps over his face is a perfect encapsulation of everything that long-suffering Knicks fans were feeling when the ad aired.
—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
Humidity creeps back into the picture on Sunday with highs in the low 90s, increasing clouds and brisk southwest winds ahead of a strong cold front.
—
Tammie Souza,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Cleary asks people to pay attention to which feelings keep surfacing and when—anger that flares every evening, say, or loneliness that creeps in at night.
—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
10 June 2026
When the temperature creeps above 90°F, light, airy fragrances are the move.
—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
But danger creeps in, now that the heat has broken.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Hesitation creeps in, options narrow and teams begin playing within themselves.
—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creeps
Noun
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
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Something from this article might put me on some Ben Shapiro list, where a bunch of jerks literally will just call me ‘f****t’ or worse on my social media.
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This revival finds new power in the intimate story of a family learning to love again set against one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century, as the Nazi regime rises to power and authoritarianism encroaches on daily life.
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Paglen’s ideas, collected between two covers, carve a clean, linear path through our messy neural era, engaging in the kind of big-picture sense-making that books remain well suited to do, even as AI encroaches on this terrain.
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The sisters have reportedly made efforts to remain active within the royal family, but a sense of distance lingers.
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And even then, that heat would be short-lived if the trough lingers around with cooler air to come.
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Seltz’s system crawls hundreds of millions of pages a day, and returns results in under 200 milliseconds.
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At sunset, the city starts glowing around you while traffic crawls silently below.
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There’s a sense that Kaprizov depends too much on Zuccarello and that Zuccarello drags Kaprizov into the east-west game that’s the opposite of how the Wild want to play.
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As the search drags on, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday commended police for their efforts after weeks of shooting incidents brought international attention to the city’s gun violence problem as thousands of soccer fans visit for the FIFA World Cup.
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The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
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Bunch of virtue signaling clowns!
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Cloudy and rainy conditions prevail throughout the morning, then in the afternoon the sun pokes through with calm winds.
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In it, Grace can be seen playing a racing game while the Mallrats creator pokes fun at her driving skills.
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When a Knicks game lets out at the Garden or concertgoers from the Meadowlands pour out of Penn Station, crowds pack the Tick Tock’s orange-and-green banquettes and the line snakes out the door.
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The River Caqueta snakes nearly 1,800 miles into the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
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