Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give someone the creeps

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: give -some-one the creeps
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.

Example Sentences

"Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps."
"As for Leo, he did not altogether like it either, but ran his fingers through his yellow curls, and remarked that it gave him the creeps."
"It’s the emptiness; there’s no one on the street at that time, along the river. It gives me the creeps."
"Padilla added that while the tarantulas may give some the creeps, they munch on things that humans often consider pests, including cockroaches, beetles and other insects."

Inflected Forms

gives someone the creeps (present, singular) giving someone the creeps (participle, present) gave someone the creeps (past) given someone the creeps (participle, past)

Synonyms

creep someone out give someone the heebie-jeebies give someone the willies spook someone unnerve someone give someone the collywobbles

Questions

What does give someone the creeps mean?: To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.

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