strange person, pervert, weirdo What a creep! He looks like a stray dog!
give me the creeps
cause me to feel scared or uncomfortable Damon looks like a ghost. He gives me the creeps.
creepy-crawly
an insect, spider, worm etc.
give sb the creeps
Idiom(s): give someone the creeps AND give someone the willies
Theme: FRIGHT
to make someone uneasy; to frighten someone. • That old house gives me the creeps. • That strange old man gives him the willies.
get the creeps
Idiom(s): get the creeps AND get the willies
Theme: FRIGHT
to become frightened; to become uneasy. (Slang.) • I get the creeps when I see that old house. • I really had the willies when I went down into the basement.
creep up on|creep
v. 1. To crawl towards; move along near the ground; steal cautiously towards so as not to be seen or noticed. The mouse did not see the snake creeping up on it over the rocks.Indians were creeping up on the house through the bushes. 2. or sneak up on To come little by little; arrive slowly and unnoticed. The woman's hair was turning gray as age crept up on her.Winter is creeping up on us little by little.The boys didn't notice the darkness creeping up on them while they were playing. Compare: COME OVER.
the creeps|creeps
n., informal 1. An uncomfortable tightening of the skin caused by fear or shock. Reading the story of a ghost gave Joe the creeps.The queer noises in the old house gave Mary the creeps. 2. A strong feeling of fear or disgust. The cold, damp, lonely swamp gave John the creeps.The dog was so ugly it gave Mary the creeps.
creep up on
creep up on Advance slowly or stealthily, as in The cat crept up on the bird, or Autumn is creeping up on us. This expression is recorded in slightly different form— creep in or creep on—from the 15th century on. One of the Hymns to the Virgin and Christ (c. 1430) has “Now age has cropen [crept] up on me ful stille.”
make one's flesh creep Also, make one's skin crawl. Cause one to shudder with disgust or fear, as in That picture makes my flesh creep, or Cockroaches make my skin crawl. This idiom alludes to the feeling of having something crawl over one's body or skin. The first term appeared in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1727): “Something in their countenance made my flesh creep with a horror I cannot express.” The variant dates from the late 1800s.
mission creep
The bit-by-bit amplification or addition in ambit of a project, action, or task, abnormally a aggressive operation, above its antecedent ambition or objective. Congress is alert of acceding the president's appeal for aggressive ascendancy in the region, fearing a echo of the mission edge that bedeviled his aftermost war effort.Learn more: creep, missionLearn more:
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