creep out
Make skin crawl
To creep out is to make someone feel uneasy or disturbed, often through behavior that seems subtly wrong or threatening: That guy at the bar was creeping me out.
The feeling evoked is visceral discomfort rather than outright fear—something feels off.
Someone who causes this reaction is creepy, and the state of being affected is creeped out.
Causing unease or distress
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
- squirmTwist from discomfort
shudder · cringe · wince · heebie-jeebies · willies · chills · goosebumps · queasy
Unsettlingly strange
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
sinister · ominous · macabre · unsettling · otherworldly · strange · bizarre · abnormal
uncomfortable
Causing unease or distress
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
squirm · shudder · cringe · wince · heebie-jeebies · willies · chills · goosebumps · queasy · uneasy
spooky
Unsettlingly strange
supernatural · sinister · ominous · macabre · unsettling · otherworldly · strange · bizarre · abnormal · unnatural
scared
Feeling fear or alarm
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- spookedFrightened into alertness
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
startled · unnerved · rattled · terrified · paranoid · anxious · dread · apprehensive · nervous · on edge
repulsed
Rejected with disgust
disgusted · loathing · aversion · distaste · squeamish · icky · yucky · eww · recoil · flinch