Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

creep out en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From creep + out (adverb). The past tense creeped out (instead of crept out) was possibly influenced by freaked out.

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.
    • That janitor who's always talking about blood creeps me out.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
creeped out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
creeped out Tense=Past lexicographic
creeps out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
crept out Tense=Past nonstandard lexicographic
crept out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part nonstandard lexicographic
creeping out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

creeper · creepy

Translations (10)

hu borsódzik tőle a háta (make uncomfortable) · cmn 讓……毛骨悚然 /让……毛骨悚然 (make uncomfortable) · fi pelottaa (make uncomfortable) · pt arrepiar (make uncomfortable) · pl przyprawić o ciarki (make uncomfortable) · es dar escalofríos (make uncomfortable) · da give myrekryb (nogen) (make uncomfortable) · pt assustar (make uncomfortable) · pl przyprawiać o ciarki (make uncomfortable) · es asustar (make uncomfortable)