phrasal verb / informal idiom · informal
give someone the creeps
/ɡɪv ˈsʌm.wʌn ðə kriːps/give·some·one·the·CREEPS
speaking
to make someone feel uncomfortable, uneasy, or frightened
Examples
“That abandoned house gives me the creeps.”
“His weird behaviour gives me the creeps.”
“The movie gave the whole audience the creeps.”
Band 8 sentence
“The film's soundtrack really gives you the creeps during the climax scene.”
Collocations
- give someone the creeps
- it gives me the creeps
Word family
creep (n) nouncreepy (adj) adjective
Common mistakes
That guy gives me creeps.→That guy gives me the creeps.
The house gives me creep.→The house gives me the creeps.
Say it for a higher band
5feel uncomfortable→6make someone feel uneasy→7+give someone the creeps
Synonyms
make someone feel uneasy
make someone shudder
Easily confused
make someone feel uneasy
“His strange smile made me feel uneasy.”
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