make someone's skin crawl
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make someone's skin crawl — make (someone s) skin crawl if something or someone makes your skin crawl, you think they are very unpleasant or frightening. Just thinking about the way he had touched her made her skin crawl … New idioms dictionary
make someone's skin crawl — I see skin II make someone s skin (or flesh) crawl (or creep) cause someone to feel fear, horror, or disgust a person dying in a fire doesn t it make your skin crawl? … Useful english dictionary
make skin crawl — make (someone s) skin crawl if something or someone makes your skin crawl, you think they are very unpleasant or frightening. Just thinking about the way he had touched her made her skin crawl … New idioms dictionary
make someone's flesh creep — To arouse a feeling of horror in someone • • • Main Entry: ↑flesh * * * make someone’s flesh crawl/creep/ phrase to make someone feel afraid or disgusted The thought of him makes my flesh creep … Useful english dictionary
make your skin crawl — make your skin/flesh/crawl phrase to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: crawl * * * make your ˈskin crawl … Useful english dictionary
crawl — crawl1 [krôl] vi. [ME craulen < ON krafla < Gmc base * krab , *kreb , to scratch (> Ger krabbeln): for IE base see CRAB1] 1. to move slowly by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm 2. to go on hands and knees; creep 3. to move or … English World dictionary
skin — skin1 W2S2 [skın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body)¦ 2¦(from an animal)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(on a liquid)¦ 5¦(part of an object)¦ 6¦(computer)¦ 7 have (a) thin/thick skin 8 get under somebody s skin 9 by the skin of your teeth 10 make s … Dictionary of contemporary English
crawl — crawl1 [ krɔl ] verb intransitive * 1. ) crawl across/along/through etc. to move along the ground on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground: She crawled across the floor, her eyes stinging from the smoke. They crawled through… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
give someone the creeps — (informal) REPEL, repulse, revolt, disgust, sicken, nauseate, make someone s flesh creep, make someone s skin crawl; scare, frighten, terrify, horrify; N. Amer. informal gross out. → creeps * * * give someone the creeps … Useful english dictionary
make your flesh crawl — make your skin/flesh/crawl phrase to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: crawl … Useful english dictionary
