what does the term "creepy" mean?

TwistedxKiss
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:47:30 +0000

I would attribute the word “creepy” to someone that for whatever reason makes me feel uncomfortable (or gives me “the creeps,” so to speak.) It doesn’t necessarily have to be in a sexual way but that is one example that doesn’t necessarily have another accessible adjective to it. Like someone who makes me feel uncomfortable because they are mean or whatever could be described as b*tchy, etc, whereas someone who is making me uncomfortable due to unwanted and/or inappropriate sexual advances doesn’t have an adjective that I can think of off the top of my head besides, “creepy.” So I guess I would just say it is a vague term used to describe an unpleasant feeling that just so happens to be particularly attributed to sexual situations for lack of a more specific word.