Creepy vs. Nightmare — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Creepy and Nightmare
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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.
Nightmare
A nightmare, also called a bad dream, is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response from the mind, typically fear but also despair, anxiety or great sadness. However, psychological nomenclature differentiates between nightmares and bad dreams; specifically, people remain asleep during bad dreams, whereas nightmares can awaken individuals.
Creepy
Annoyingly unpleasant; repulsive
The creepy kids next door.
Nightmare
A dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress.
Creepy
Moving by creeping along.
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Nightmare
An event or experience that is intensely distressing.
Creepy
(informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
Nightmare
A demon or spirit once thought to plague sleeping people.
Creepy
(informal) Feeling an uneasy fearful sensation; creeped out.
Nightmare
A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
Creepy
(informal) Strangely repulsive.
That creepy old man keeps leering at me!
Nightmare
A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis.
Creepy
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy.
Nightmare
A very bad or frightening dream.
I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.
Creepy
Annoying and unpleasant;
Some creepy kids were bothering her
Nightmare
(figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.
Creepy
Causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin;
A creepy story
I had a creepy-crawly feeling
Nightmare
To have a nightmare.
Nightmare
A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
Nightmare
A trerrifying or oppressive dream characterized by a sense of helplessness in the face of danger, extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.) or extreme anxiety, from which one wakes in a troubled state of mind.
Nightmare
Any overwhelming, oppressive, or terrifying experience resembling a nightmare{2} especially in the inability to escape from an unpleasant situation.
Nightmare
A situation resembling a terrifying dream
Nightmare
A terrifying or deeply upsetting dream
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