To cause one to feel an extreme or acute sensation of fear, apprehension, worry, or anxiety. Walking through a graveyard always gives me the heebie-jeebies.All these ghost stories are giving me the heebie-jeebies.I would never get a tattoo—just thinking about a needle prodding into my skin over and over again gives me the heebie-jeebies !
give somebody the ˈwillies/heebie-ˈjeebies/ˈcreeps
(informal) make somebody feel nervous or afraid: Being alone in this old house gives me the willies. ♢ He gives me the creeps. He’s got such strange eyes.
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