Creepy vs. Eerie — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Creepy and Eerie
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Creepy
Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin
A creepy feeling.
A creepy story.
Eerie
Eerie was an American magazine of horror comics introduced in 1966 by Warren Publishing. Like Mad, it was a black-and-white magazine intended for newsstand distribution and did not submit its stories to the comic book industry's voluntary Comics Code Authority.
Creepy
Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive
The creepy kids next door.
Eerie
Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
Creepy
Moving by creeping along.
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Eerie
(Scots) Frightened or intimidated by superstition.
Creepy
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
Eerie
Strange, weird, fear-inspiring, especially in a shadowy or mysterious way.
The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
Creepy
(informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
Eerie
(Scotland) Frightened, timid.
Creepy
(informal) Strangely repulsive.
That creepy old man keeps leering at me!
Eerie
An eerie creature or thing.
Creepy
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy.
Eerie
Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.
She whose elfin prancer springsBy night to eery warblings.
Creepy
Annoying and unpleasant;
Some creepy kids were bothering her
Eerie
Affected with fear; affrighted.
Creepy
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;
A creepy story
I had a creepy-crawly feeling
Eerie
Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious;
An eerie feeling of deja vu
Eerie
So strange as to inspire a feeling of fear;
An uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods
An eerie midnight howl
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