Creepy-crawly (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The abandoned mansion looked creepy-crawly in the dark of night, with cobwebs hanging from the chandeliers.
- After reading that horror novel, I couldn't shake the creepy-crawly feeling that something was watching me.
- Visiting the wax museum gave me the creepy-crawly sensation that the figures were about to come to life.
- The creepy-crawly sounds coming from the basement made me fear for my safety.
- The way she whispered the nursery rhyme sent a creepy-crawly shiver down my spine.