Meaning of give someone the creeps | Babel Free

Definitions

To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.

idiomatic

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Examples

“Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps.”

“As for Leo, he did not altogether like it either, but ran his fingers through his yellow curls, and remarked that it gave him the creeps.”

“It’s the emptiness; there’s no one on the street at that time, along the river. It gives me the creeps.”

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