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Synonyms for creeping
creep·ing
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creepingadjective
Synonyms:
crawlingcreepingadjective
Synonyms:
fawning, sycophanticcreepingadjective
Synonyms:
(Bot.) growing on the ground or on supports
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
creepingadjective
Synonyms:
crawling, reptile, reptant, fawning, truckling, obsequious, sycophanticcreepingnoun
Synonyms:
reptation, formication
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List of paraphrases for "creeping":
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#14216 | crawl | |
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#51312 | spook |
How to use creeping in a sentence?
Interior Minister Thomas De Maiziere:
It is worrying that anti-immigration incitement is creeping into the heart of our society.
We are seeing a creeping erosion of employment rights as companies misclassify their workers as self-employed so as to avoid paying them holiday pay and the national minimum wage.
Can everyday people come together and effectively organize against creeping overreach of one of the worlds biggest corporations ? Yes, they can.
Socialism is creeping up on us.
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.
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