crawlies

English

Etymology

From creepy-crawlies and the creeps.

Noun

crawlies

  1. (informal) fear, anxiety
    • 2012, Nathan Long, Jane Carver of Waar:
      Street light? Was I coming up in somebody's basement? Whatever it was, I was all for light. Trapped is bad. Trapped and blind gives me the crawlies.

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