creeps
/krips/
noun
- A person who is unpleasant, strange, or makes others feel uncomfortable.
- Don't be such a creep; stop following me around.
- The movie villain is a creepy old man who lives alone.
- That guy at the party was a total creep.
- A slow, gradual movement or change.
- The creep of the glacier is barely visible to the naked eye.
- Soil creep slowly moves rocks downhill over many years.
- The creep of inflation affects everyone's savings.
Synonyms
verb
- To move slowly, quietly, and carefully, often to avoid being noticed.
- The cat creeps up on the mouse before pouncing.
- He creeps out of the room so he won't wake the baby.
- The fog creeps across the valley in the early morning.
- To move or spread gradually in a way that is hard to notice.
- The cost of living keeps creeping higher every year.
- Weeds creep through the cracks in the sidewalk.
- Mistakes can creep into your writing if you don't proofread.
- To feel a sensation of disgust or fear, as if something is crawling on your skin (used in the phrase 'make one's skin creep').
- The way he stared at her made her skin creep.
- The horror movie made my skin creep.
- The old, dusty doll made the children's skin creep.