creepy-crawly has definitions from the field of zoology
1
[ adjective ] causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin

Synonyms

creepy

Examples

"a creepy story" "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"

Related terms

alarming

2
[ noun ] (zoology) an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)

Related terms

animal

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