¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Creepiest
1. creepy [adj] - See also: creepy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creepiest
Literary usage of Creepiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... while the rest of the room is in darkness, and then and there the Baron leaves
you to thoroughly enjoy one of the pleasantest, creepiest stories, ..."
2. Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang (1905)
"In the creepiest tale I ever read, the horror lay in this—there was no ghost!
You may describe a ghost with all the most hideous features that fancy can ..."
3. Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard (1901)
"In answer to which I '11 point you " The Open Boat," the sternest, creepiest bit
of realism ever penned, and Stevie was in the boat. ..."
4. The Alps from End to End by William Martin Conway (1895)
"With the coming of night, the straw begins to rustle in the creepiest fashion.
Presently the soft little beasts, getting bolder, run about over the sleepers ..."
5. Home Life in France by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1905)
"As she sunned herself in the garden, she had on her lap perhaps the "creepiest"
book—as boys would say—ever written, " Les derniers jours d'un ..."
6. Home Life in France by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1907)
"... she sunned herself in the garden, she had on her lap perhaps the "creepiest"
book—as boys would say—ever written, " Les derniers jours d'un Condamne. ..."
7. Father Duffy's Story: A Tale of Humor and Heroism, of Life and Death with by Francis Patrick Duffy (1919)
"One of the creepiest feelings in war is that of being boxed in by artillery fire.
A shell lands to the right of a group of men; no harm in that—all safe. ..."
8. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... while the rest of the room is in darkness, and then and there the Baron leaves
you to thoroughly enjoy one of the pleasantest, creepiest stories, ..."
9. Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang (1905)
"In the creepiest tale I ever read, the horror lay in this—there was no ghost!
You may describe a ghost with all the most hideous features that fancy can ..."
10. Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard (1901)
"In answer to which I '11 point you " The Open Boat," the sternest, creepiest bit
of realism ever penned, and Stevie was in the boat. ..."
11. The Alps from End to End by William Martin Conway (1895)
"With the coming of night, the straw begins to rustle in the creepiest fashion.
Presently the soft little beasts, getting bolder, run about over the sleepers ..."
12. Home Life in France by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1905)
"As she sunned herself in the garden, she had on her lap perhaps the "creepiest"
book—as boys would say—ever written, " Les derniers jours d'un ..."
13. Home Life in France by Matilda Betham-Edwards (1907)
"... she sunned herself in the garden, she had on her lap perhaps the "creepiest"
book—as boys would say—ever written, " Les derniers jours d'un Condamne. ..."
14. Father Duffy's Story: A Tale of Humor and Heroism, of Life and Death with by Francis Patrick Duffy (1919)
"One of the creepiest feelings in war is that of being boxed in by artillery fire.
A shell lands to the right of a group of men; no harm in that—all safe. ..."
Other Resources:
