creeptacular

English

Etymology

creep + -tacular

Adjective

creeptacular (comparative more creeptacular, superlative most creeptacular)

  1. (slang) Extremely creepy.
    • 2006, Aimee Fountain, First Nation review, CMJ New Music Monthly, Issue 140, June 2006, page 39 (approx.):
      The debut from New York's First Nation is spooky and beautiful aboriginal lullaby music, culled from God-knows-what sorts of string instruments, creeptacular vocal harmonies and more than a little bit of punk attitude.
    • 2012, Ty Burr, Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame, Pantheon Books (2012), →ISBN, page 131:
      Because Rains's Universal horror breakthrough three decades earlier had never been a matter of costume—The Invisible Man is creeptacular for its special effects, []
    • 2012, Lorien L. Loewy, Flight of Fancy, AuthorHouse (2012), →ISBN, page 683:
      I hated all creepy crawly things, whether bugs, spiders or snakes and had no desire to look down at the creeptacular scene below us.

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