creeps

Plural: the creeps

Noun

• a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
• a feeling of fear and revulsion
  • "he gives me the creeps"
• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
• plural of creep
• A sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.
• A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.

Verb

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
• to go stealthily or furtively
• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
• show submission or fear
• third-person singular simple present indicative of creep

Examples

• I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.

Synonyms

cower, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, cringe, fawn, grovel, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy, collywobbles, dithers, fear, heebie-jeebies, wiggins, willies