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How to pronounce willies in English?

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Type of disquietude, edginess, inquietude, uneasiness


that guy gave me the willies.

Examples of willies

willies
Just seeing Ben Kingsley and Max Von Sydow in the trailer gives you the willies.
From the sltrib.com
For a case of the willies, you could do worse than a guided tour of these haunts.
From the newsobserver.com
More than 10,000 Olympic athletes with be capping willies with the Durex brand.
From the forbes.com
But I've yet to meet a face full of fillers that didn't give me the willies.
From the guardian.co.uk
McCarthy's films on that TV art show actually scared me a lot, it gave me the willies.
From the guardian.co.uk
Your article on Venter and biotechnology gave this old guy the willies.
From the time.com
If that doesn't scare the willies out of them, I give them the ditch-in-the-sea briefing.
From the badlanguage.net
This story involves David Beckham, Usher, dancing, children and willies.
From the mirror.co.uk
This kind of a coalition is enough to give the anti-tax lobby a serious case of the willies.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Feelings of uneasiness; "that guy gave me the willies"
  • The Willies is the fifteenth album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 2002 and features performances by Frisell, Danny Barnes and Keith Lowe.
  • A feeling of nervousness or fear
  • Nervous tension or fright, dismay or distress, misgiving or foreboding; to shake, quiver, shiver, or fidget with uneasy apprehension or anxiety; to be jumpy, jittery, or skittish with uncertainty; also known as the creeps, heebie-jeebies, butterflies, whim-whams, and jim-jams
  • Feeling of fear, apprehension, uneasiness, revulsion.