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CREEPY-CRAWLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does creepy-crawly mean?
• CREEPY-CRAWLY (noun)
The noun CREEPY-CRAWLY has 1 sense:
1. an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
Familiarity information: CREEPY-CRAWLY used as a noun is very rare.
• CREEPY-CRAWLY (adjective)
The adjective CREEPY-CRAWLY has 1 sense:
1. causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
Familiarity information: CREEPY-CRAWLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("creepy-crawly" is a kind of...):
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
Synonyms:
creepy; creepy-crawly
Context example:
I had a creepy-crawly feeling
Similar:
alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)
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