Definition
To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
- creep someone out
- give someone the heebie-jeebies
- give someone the willies
- spook someone
- unnerve someone
- give someone the collywobbles