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To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
讓......毛骨悚然 /让......毛骨悚然
(ràng... máogǔsǒngrán)
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Finnish:
värisyttää
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Finnish:
aiheuttaa väristyksiä
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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French:
donner des frissons
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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French:
donner froid dans le dos
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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French:
donner des sueurs froides
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Galician:
dar grima
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Galician:
arrepiar
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Hungarian:
borsódzik tőle a háta
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Norwegian:
gi noen gåsehud
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Portuguese:
dar arrepios
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Russian:
мурашки по коже
(muraški po kože)
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Spanish:
dar ñáñaras
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Spanish:
dar repelús
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Spanish:
dar yuyu
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
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Spanish:
dar canguelo
— give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright
