Synonyms for creeps
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Noun
1. Weirds — A feeling or sensation of fear or horror
weirds informal, fear, feer US, fere UK, heebie-jeebies informal US, willies informal, collywobbles informal UK, dithers slang, wiggins slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.
I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.
Example sentences
- fear I wrote his name down for fear I should forget it.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| creeps | rising | |
| fear | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fear1, fere, feer
- 6 letters
- weirds
- 7 letters
- wiggins2, willies, dithers2
- 12 letters
- collywobbles
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wiggins2 = 2 syllables).