creep out
phrasal verb
creeped out; creeping out; creeps out
US, informal
: to cause (someone) to have an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or fear : to give (someone) the creeps
That guy really creeps me out.
I felt creeped out being alone in the office at night.
Examples of creep out in a Sentence
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Shop giant spiders and window lights to creep out your neighbors, or grab an inflatable witch cauldron cooler to hold your sodas and canned cocktails at your costume party.
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Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
Rhizomes are underground shoots that creep out from the mother plant, creating colonies.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
Hulu Atlanta star LaKeith Stanfield was 'creeped out' filming 'Teddy Perkins' episode
03 of 15
Barry (2018–2023)
Bill Hader stars in this Emmy-winning HBO series as a hitman who falls in with a Los Angeles acting class while in town for a job, and decides to remake himself as an actor.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Both the 90s version of this show and the 2019 reboot use the anthology storytelling method to creep out viewers and inspire kids to one-up each other's narrative skills, while trying not to get scared themselves–or worse.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024
Although this isn’t true for every visitor, a few days by the sea aren’t my only chance to creep out of the closet.
—June Thomas, TIME, 31 May 2024
Admittedly, at the time the country was reeling from the record-high inflation of the summer of 2022 and the economy was only tentatively creeping out of its post-pandemic slump.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 30 May 2024
To restore the flower beds, which over time had crept out of their places, the society followed the original quadrant layout created by the Kansas City firm of Hare & Hare.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
By the time a final showdown snaps your suspension of disbelief and suggests there are bigger hornet’s nests to kick, The Beekeeper has crept out of the realm of pulpy B-movie thrills and falls just short of being a Bee movie dabbling in deep-state paranoia-mongering.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
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Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
Rhizomes are underground shoots that creep out from the mother plant, creating colonies.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
Hulu Atlanta star LaKeith Stanfield was 'creeped out' filming 'Teddy Perkins' episode
03 of 15
Barry (2018–2023)
Bill Hader stars in this Emmy-winning HBO series as a hitman who falls in with a Los Angeles acting class while in town for a job, and decides to remake himself as an actor.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Both the 90s version of this show and the 2019 reboot use the anthology storytelling method to creep out viewers and inspire kids to one-up each other's narrative skills, while trying not to get scared themselves–or worse.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 5 Sep. 2024
Although this isn’t true for every visitor, a few days by the sea aren’t my only chance to creep out of the closet.
—June Thomas, TIME, 31 May 2024
Admittedly, at the time the country was reeling from the record-high inflation of the summer of 2022 and the economy was only tentatively creeping out of its post-pandemic slump.
—Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 30 May 2024
To restore the flower beds, which over time had crept out of their places, the society followed the original quadrant layout created by the Kansas City firm of Hare & Hare.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
By the time a final showdown snaps your suspension of disbelief and suggests there are bigger hornet’s nests to kick, The Beekeeper has crept out of the realm of pulpy B-movie thrills and falls just short of being a Bee movie dabbling in deep-state paranoia-mongering.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
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