Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.

    That janitor who's always talking about blood creeps me out.

Examples

78 sentences

  1. Tom creeps me out.

    Мені від Тома не по собі. — deniko

    ruТом меня пугает. — odexed

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  2. Tom crept out of the room.

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  3. Tom crept out of the room as quietly as he could.

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  4. This is really creeping me out.

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  5. Tom crept out of the bedroom.

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Translations

3 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

creeps out, creeping out, creeped out, creeped out
Base formcreep out · to creep out
3rd person singularcreeps out
Present participlecreeping out
Past simplecreeped out
Past participlecreeped out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycreep out
he, she, itcreeps out

Past simpleLesson

all personscreeped out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave creeped out
he, she, ithas creeped out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill creep out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

2 related words
RelatedcreepyB2creeper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
creedcreekB2creepcreepercreepyB2crematecrematorium
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