creepy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++creep·y /ˈkriːpi/ ●○○ adjective informal FRIGHTENEDmaking you feel nervous and slightly frightened 使人紧张的；令人毛骨悚然的 There’s something creepy about the way he looks at me. 他看着我的样子让人有点毛骨悚然。 The whole place feels creepy. 整个地方让人感到毛骨悚然。► see thesaurus at frightening
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creepy• The family scenes in this movie are really creepy.• The house looked OK from the outside but inside it was all dark and creepy.• There's something creepy about the building.• Amanda is nearly as creepy as her dad, Anthony.• It was sort of creepy down there.• I got a real creepy feeling on the way over there, as if someone was watching me.• Sometimes I have the creepy feeling that you will never get your documents in order.• She and Susan had rooms adjoining, so she had none of the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house.• This place is really creepy. Let's get out of here.• It was a creepy spot with a strong pungent smell of garlic and there was always a feeling of tension and foreboding.• But in a funny sort of a way, it was more creepy than the way I did it.creep·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus feel you frightened nervous making slightly and
creepy
creep‧y /ˈkriːpi/
adjective informal
making you feel nervous and slightly frightened:
There’s something creepy about the way he looks at me.
The whole place feels creepy.
▪ frightening making you feel frightened: Being held at gunpoint had been the most frightening moment of his life. | The experience was very frightening.
▪scary especially spoken frightening. Scary is less formal than frightening and is very common in everyday English: The movie was really scary. | There were some scary moments.
▪chilling frightening, especially because violence, cruelty, or danger is involved: a chilling tale of revenge, murder and madness | The court heard chilling details about the attack.
▪spooky frightening and strange, especially because something involves ghosts or powers that people do not understand: The forest is really spooky in the dark. | a spooky coincidence | spooky stories
▪creepy informal frightening in a way that makes you feel nervous, especially when you are not sure exactly why – used especially about places, people, and feelings: This place is really creepy. Let’s get out of here. | a creepy guy | Do you know that creepy feeling when you're sure someone’s there but you can’t see or hear anything?
▪eerie especially literary strange and frightening: There was an eerie silence immediately after the bomb went off. | an eerie light | an eerie feeling
▪intimidating making you feel frightened, nervous, or lacking in confidence: Big schools can be an intimidating place for young children. | Giving evidence in court is often a rather intimidating experience. | the intimidating presence of a large number of soldiers
▪menacing frightening because you think someone is going to hurt you, even though they have not said or done anything violent – used especially about someone’s expression or voice: The woman had a very menacing look. | ‘I’d like to have a word with you outside,’ he said in a menacing tone.
creep‧y /ˈkriːpi/
adjective informalmaking you feel nervous and slightly frightened:
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