cause me to feel scared or uncomfortable Damon looks like a ghost. He gives me the creeps.
give sb the creeps
Idiom(s): give someone the creeps AND give someone the willies
Theme: FRIGHT
to make someone uneasy; to frighten someone. • That old house gives me the creeps. • That strange old man gives him the willies.
get the creeps
Idiom(s): get the creeps AND get the willies
Theme: FRIGHT
to become frightened; to become uneasy. (Slang.) • I get the creeps when I see that old house. • I really had the willies when I went down into the basement.
the creeps|creeps
n., informal 1. An uncomfortable tightening of the skin caused by fear or shock. Reading the story of a ghost gave Joe the creeps.The queer noises in the old house gave Mary the creeps. 2. A strong feeling of fear or disgust. The cold, damp, lonely swamp gave John the creeps.The dog was so ugly it gave Mary the creeps.
the creeps Also, the willies. A sensation of horror or repugnance, as in That weird man gives me the creeps, or I get the willies when I hear that dirge music. The first of these colloquial terms alludes to a sensation of something crawling on one's skin. Charles Dickens used it in David Copperfield (1849) to describe a physical ailment: “She was constantly complaining of the cold and of its occasioning a visitation in her back, which she called ‘the creeps.’” But soon after it was used to describe fear and loathing. The variant dates from the late 1800s, and both its allusion and origin are unclear.
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