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動詞

to creepify (三人称単数 現在形 creepifies, 現在分詞 creepifying, 過去形および過去分詞形 creepified)

1. (transitive, informal) To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.
   • 1993 July, Lorraine Ali, “Alice in Chains”, in SPIN, volume 9, number 4, Camouflage Associates, page 45:

     Singer Layne Staley’s dark words further creepify Alice’s sound.

   • 2000, Ed Sanders, America: A History in Verse, Volume 2: 1940-1961, David R. Godine (publisher), ISBN 978-1-57423-117-5, page 95:

     McCloy had the power to say yes, but said no / a no that creepifies his name in the time-track

   • 2004, Rich Gray, Click Or Treat: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet, McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-1862-6, page 25:

     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.

2. (transitive, informal) To creep out, to give (someone) the creeps.
   • 2002, Harmon Leon, The Harmon Chronicles, ECW Press, ISBN 978-1-55022-527-3, page 126:

     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."

   • 2007, Harmon Leon, National Lampoon Road Trip USA: All the Places Your Dad Never Stopped At,^[1][2] National Lampoon, ISBN 9780978832308, page 295:

     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).