make flesh crawl

make (one's) flesh crawl

To cause one to feel disgusted, frightened, or unnerved. Having to look all those surgical photos made my flesh crawl. The mere mention of cockroaches makes her flesh crawl.

See also: crawl, flesh, make

make someone's flesh crawl

 and make someone's skin crawl

to cause someone's skin to feel funny or get goose pimples through fright. Just to hear the story of the killings made my flesh crawl. The horror movie made our skin crawl.

See also: crawl, flesh, make

make your ˈflesh creep/crawl

make you feel afraid or full of disgust: This is a movie to make your flesh creep. ♢ The way he looked at me made my flesh crawl.

See also: crawl, creep, flesh, make