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creepify

verb

Etymology

From creep + -ify or creepy + -ify.

  1. derived from *grewbʰ-✻ — “to turn, wind”
  2. inherited from *kreupaną✻ — “to twist, creep”
  3. inherited from *kreupan✻
  4. inherited from crēopan — “to creep, crawl”
  5. inherited from crepen
  6. suffixed as creepify — “creep + ify”

Definitions

  1. To make creepy

    To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.

    • Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.
    • McCloy had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track
    • The Halloween section of FabulousFoods has a ton of recipes for both food and beverages, and offers a number of tips to creepify-up anything you’re planning to prepare.

  2. To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.

    • But the Gun Dude ends up creepifying me when he tells me to hurry because, ever since the gun ban, the assault weapons have been "selling like hot cakes."
    • I know I’m at the right place when I see 5 guys pushing a broken down van into the Café Risque parking lot (there’s ample trucker parking, but the prospect of free trucker showers creepifies me).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA