crawlies
Noun
Meaning
crawlies
(informal) fear, anxiety
Synonyms
Examples
Having plenty of creepy crawlies within your soil might seem counter-productive if they take to munching on your sunflowers, but healthy, thriving soil actually depends on an ecosystem within it.
She also needed a totally original idea and, whilst searching for some terrifying creepy crawlies to accompany her villain, Maya discovered the wonderful world of beetles and, even better, that no one had written books about them already.
It chases all kinds of creepy crawlies out of the house.
Parliamentary testimony on the auto industry lifts another Brexit rock, revealing new creepy crawlies.