Willies Definition

wĭlēz
noun
Feelings of uneasiness. Often used with the:
The dark, dank cave gave me the willies.
American Heritage
A state of nervousness; jitters.
Webster's New World

Plural form of willy.

Wiktionary

(colloquial, with "the") A feeling of nervousness or fear.

Staying in the haunted house gave me the willies.
He knows a bad case of the willies will be our first response.
Well, the only way I can describe it is just the willies. Like, somebody's watching me.
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Origin of Willies

  • The meaning "spell of nervousness," recorded since 1896, stems perhaps from the woollies, a dialectal term for "nervous uneasiness," probably in reference to the physical itchiness of wool garments.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Willies Sentence Examples

  • Snakes were something that gave her the willies.

  • Blimey, there must be nearly forty of them he thought, no wonder Golightly 's got the willies, he 's probably jealous.

  • What 's the chances of the Russians all having bigger willies than us?

  • He said the whole song and dance about his wife acting like that other woman gave him the willies.

  • Just thinking of Billie gives me the willies.

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Words Starting With W and Ending With S

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With W7 Letter Words Ending With S