creeps
noun/kɹiːps/
1
Colloquial A sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.
2
Colloquial, Figuratively A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.
- I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.
- "I wish it was well over," admitted Hollyer. "I'm not particularly jumpy, but this gives me a touch of the creeps."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
- Synonyms
- dithers, heebie-jeebies, weirds, willies, collywobbles, wiggins, fear
- Derived terms
- give someone the creeps