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Synonyms for creep

crawl

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crawl
worm
wriggle
squirm
slither
writhe
drag yourself
edge
inch
crawl on all fours

sneak

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sneak
steal
tiptoe
slink
skulk
approach unnoticed

bootlicker

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creep to someone

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grovel to
pander to
suck up to
kiss someone's ass
brown-nose
scrape to
kowtow to
fawn on
toady to
truckle to
insinuate yourself with

give someone the creeps

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disgust
frighten
scare
terrify
horrify
repel
repulse
make you wince
make your hair stand on end
make you squirm
make you flinch
scare the bejesus out of
make you quail
make you shrink

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Synonyms for creep

to move along in a crouching or prone position

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to move silently and furtively

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to advance slowly

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to experience a repugnant tingling sensation

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crawl

a very slow rate of speed

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Synonyms for creep

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

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a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

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a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

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a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

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move slowly

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crawl

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to go stealthily or furtively

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walk

grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

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show submission or fear

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And while those stocks and bonds are creeping up in their returns, the immediacy of real estate's yields are especially important to pensions for whom the number of collecting constituents is consistently rising.

Light-weight pension funds bulk up on real estate

An almost parallel "price war" for ink settled down, with the price then creeping up along with the cost of crude oil.

Proving ground: innovations of the '80s go live in the '90s as big orders still roll in and vendor partnerships define new directions

While Downtown pricing is still way below the 1989 highs, the Mayor's Downtown plan has provided the spark to ignite that market, which is slowly creeping up.

Sales of $100M+ adding up

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