CREEPINESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("creepiness" is a kind of...):

feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation (the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin)

Derivation:

creepy (causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin)

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