"creepify" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "creep",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "creep + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "creepy",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "creepy + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From creep + -ify or creepy + -ify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creepifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "creepify (third-person singular simple present creepifies, present participle creepifying, simple past and past participle creepified)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 July, Lorraine Ali, “Alice in Chains”, in SPIN, volume 9, number 4, Camouflage Associates, page 45:",
          "text": "Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Ed Sanders, America: A History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961, David R. Godine (publisher), page 95",
          "text": "McCloy had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Rich Gray, Click Or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet, McFarland, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "The Halloween section of FabulousFoods has a ton of recipes for both food and beverages, and offers a number of tips to creepify-up anything you’re planning to prepare.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening."
      ],
      "id": "en-creepify-en-verb-GzlIaeig",
      "links": [
        [
          "creepy",
          "creepy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ify",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 126:",
          "text": "But the Gun Dude ends up creepifying me when he tells me to hurry because, ever since the gun ban, the assault weapons have been \"selling like hot cakes.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Harmon Leon, National Lampoon Road Trip USA: All the Places Your Dad Never Stopped At, National Lampoon, page 295",
          "text": "I know I’m at the right place when I see 5 guys pushing a broken down van into the Café Risque parking lot (there’s ample trucker parking, but the prospect of free trucker showers creepifies me)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps."
      ],
      "id": "en-creepify-en-verb-~4UTtVoL",
      "links": [
        [
          "creep out",
          "creep out"
        ],
        [
          "give (someone) the creeps",
          "give someone the creeps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "creepify"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ify",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "creep",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "creep + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "creepy",
        "3": "ify"
      },
      "expansion": "creepy + -ify",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From creep + -ify or creepy + -ify.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creepifies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepifying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepified",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creepified",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "creepify (third-person singular simple present creepifies, present participle creepifying, simple past and past participle creepified)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 July, Lorraine Ali, “Alice in Chains”, in SPIN, volume 9, number 4, Camouflage Associates, page 45:",
          "text": "Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Ed Sanders, America: A History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961, David R. Godine (publisher), page 95",
          "text": "McCloy had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Rich Gray, Click Or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet, McFarland, →ISBN, page 25:",
          "text": "The Halloween section of FabulousFoods has a ton of recipes for both food and beverages, and offers a number of tips to creepify-up anything you’re planning to prepare.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creepy",
          "creepy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 126:",
          "text": "But the Gun Dude ends up creepifying me when he tells me to hurry because, ever since the gun ban, the assault weapons have been \"selling like hot cakes.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Harmon Leon, National Lampoon Road Trip USA: All the Places Your Dad Never Stopped At, National Lampoon, page 295",
          "text": "I know I’m at the right place when I see 5 guys pushing a broken down van into the Café Risque parking lot (there’s ample trucker parking, but the prospect of free trucker showers creepifies me)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creep out",
          "creep out"
        ],
        [
          "give (someone) the creeps",
          "give someone the creeps"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "creepify"
}