creeping
adjective/ˈkriːpɪŋ/
/ˈkriːpɪŋ/
[only before noun]- (of something bad) happening or moving gradually and not easily noticed
- creeping inflation
- She felt a creeping guilt about her family.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCreeping is used with these nouns:- dread
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