Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin.
  • adjective Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Chilled and crawling, as with horror or fear.
  • See creepie, creepie.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective colloq. Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin
  • adjective strangely repulsive

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective annoying and unpleasant
  • adjective causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

creep +‎ -y

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  • Help, mollusque! This is really creeping me out.

    July 1, 2009