CREEPY-CRAWLY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
    Hypernyms(s) creepy-crawly is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

CREEPY-CRAWLY as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a creepy story
    • I had a creepy-crawly feeling
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