creeped up adj.
(orig. US black) apprehensive, worried.
![]() | Always Leave ’Em Dying 128: I damn well wasn’t going to get all creeped up — the way everybody was supposed to — by the clever props. | |
![]() | Breaks 91: I felt so creeped I broke from the catatonic clinch. | |
![]() | (con. 1940s–60s) Straight from the Fridge Dad 2: All creeped up Scared, apprehensive, frightened. |