See give someone the creeps on Wiktionary
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"text": "Walking through the graveyard late at night really gives me the creeps.",
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"word": "give someone the heebie-jeebies"
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"word": "give someone the willies"
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"word": "spook someone"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "讓……毛骨悚然"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "让……毛骨悚然"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "värisyttää"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner des frissons"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar grima"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "gi noen gåsehud"
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"word": "dar yuyu"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "讓……毛骨悚然"
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"word": "让……毛骨悚然"
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"word": "donner des frissons"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner froid dans le dos"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "donner des sueurs froides"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar grima"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "arrepiar"
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"word": "borsódzik tőle a háta"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "gi noen gåsehud"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar arrepios"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "мурашки по коже"
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"word": "dar repelús"
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"sense": "give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright",
"word": "dar yuyu"
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