creeped
Slunk along quietly
Creeped is a nonstandard past tense of creep, used instead of the traditional crept.
It appears most often in the phrase creeped out, meaning unsettled or disturbed by something weird or unsettling: That guy really creeped me out.
The standard past tense crept sounds wrong to many speakers in this context—crept out feels archaic—so creeped has gained ground.
Troubled, not calm
- unnervedMade anxious or unsettled
- disturbedEmotionally or mentally unsettled
- disquietedMade anxious or uneasy
- uncomfortableCausing unease or distress
off-putting · skin-crawling · heebie-jeebies · willies · goosebumps · shudder · squirmy · queasy
Occupied by ghosts
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
phantasmal · otherworldly · uncanny · chilling · sinister · ominous · macabre · gothic
uneasy
Troubled, not calm
- unnervedMade anxious or unsettled
- disturbedEmotionally or mentally unsettled
- disquietedMade anxious or uneasy
uncomfortable · off-putting · skin-crawling · heebie-jeebies · willies · goosebumps · shudder · squirmy · queasy · repulsed
haunted
Occupied by ghosts
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
spectral · phantasmal · otherworldly · uncanny · chilling · sinister · ominous · macabre · gothic · shadowy
followed
Came behind another
- watchedSaw with attention
- surveilledKept under close watch
- lurkedHid with intent
shadowed · tailed · tracked · harassed · snooped · spied · peered · ogled · leered · prowled
crawled
Moved on hands and knees
snuck · tiptoed · slunk · sidled · wormed · stealthily · slowly · quietly · cautiously · furtively
- creep upApproach gradually, unnoticed
- creeped outDisturbed by eeriness
- creeps outCauses visceral discomfort
- give someone the creepsCause instinctive revulsion
- creeping outCausing uneasy discomfort
- the creeps
creepy, creep, creeping, creeps, creeper, creepers, creepier, creepiest, creep out