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as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
a fascinating but creepy stage show by an offbeat magician
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as in disturbing
marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings
a creepy aura about the abandoned farmhouse—as though something horrific had happened there
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Recent Examples of creepy
Below, listen to the ultra-digital (and slightly creepy) two-step track, which the pair originally premiered at their Dekmantel set last summer.
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Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results.
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Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
Throat-slittings are conveyed not with spurts of blood but with creepy sound and lighting effects.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
Grave Season's occult elements are creepy.
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Jacqueline Goldblatt,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
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Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results.
—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
17 June 2026
Throat-slittings are conveyed not with spurts of blood but with creepy sound and lighting effects.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2026
Grave Season's occult elements are creepy.
—
Jacqueline Goldblatt,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for creepy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creepy
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Tree made eerie comments about his will just weeks before his death.
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Ahead of his Annecy premiere, Variety spoke with Kadowaki about his technique, a singular blend of 2D animation and rotoscoping underlined the eerie atmosphere of his coming-of-age story.
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That normalization may be the most disturbing aspect of all.
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Although the project is unlikely to affect Jackson’s popularity much, some of the revelations uncovered during the investigation are disturbing.
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But what feels most haunting about the arc of then to now, about Smith’s unfathomable issues and woes — yet obvious heart and particularly evident quest to find himself in recent years — is that his words then were spoken with a sense of arrival and past tense.
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One of the movie’s most haunting subplots involves prisoners, who are pulled from labor camps looking half-dead and subsequently folded into Michael Caine‘s soccer team at the Brit’s insistence, but possibly to his squad’s detriment.
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As the nation gears up to celebrate its 250th birthday, most Americans feel uneasy about their present, and pessimistic about their future, polls show.
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Sanders takes an uneasy step, into his wonderful, painful childhood.
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Even when those withdrawals are planned, seeing balances decrease can feel unsettling.
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Could Kadri, given the unsettling aspects of a trade and the finger injury, find a bump in play next year?
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Total Football’s nearly moment It has largely been forgotten now, but the superb Total Football-playing Dutch team from the 1974 World Cup almost didn’t qualify for the competition — only pipping neighbours Belgium on goal difference following a tense 0-0 draw between the sides.
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At a time when the United States has tense relationships with many of its overseas allies, international tourists' appreciation of American culture offers a counterpoint to the animosity between politicians.
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Oprah selected it for her book club; at her compound in Montecito, Whitehead was so nervous that her staff insisted on blow-drying the damp patches of his dress shirt before they were introduced.
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The low unemployment rate had made many economists nervous, including some on the Fed.
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Though fans are anxious to see Andrade return to more events, her job in Rio is done.
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Homeless, his body torn, Odysseus needs to get back to her and Telemachus, his anxious son, and to clean up the mess.
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“Creepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creepy. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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