Is there a word to describe little things that make you feel weird?

[tracymort]

For example I hate hard bristles on a broom, make my teeth go on edge and I get goosebumps. My eldest son gets the same with cotton wool? Some people I know don't like chip forks in this way.
What is this called?

[loulou32]

Phobia maybe??

[saxy_jag]

I call it a 'fingernails down the blackboard' experience.

Mum says the air raid sirens during the war used to make her feel like it - says they gave her the 'screaming ab-dabs'.

[tracymort]

Thank you. It's not strong enough to be a phobia just relaly uncomfortable to tolerate..just like "fingernails down a blackboard". Perhaps if there is no word for this I should make one up!

[Barnacle]

In Afrikaans, you'd say "It gives me the 'grills' " (rolled, glutterla G ).

I guess "Heebeejeebees" is the closest answer.

[spurslady]

I call it "Goes right through me"
I hate it when someone rubs their feet across a carpet or if one of my kids has spilt their drink on it and I have to rub it to clean it I hate the feel look and noise I put one hand and arm over my ears and close my eyes, doesnt work though. They laugh at me coz I look so stupid cringing.

[saxy_jag]

I once did a short stint teaching in a young offenders centre. If the class refused to be quiet and listen I would simply take a marker pen and scrape it across the whiteboard.

How to get eight strapping GBHers cringing like babies in two seconds flat!!!

[CalamityK2]

Things which do it for me are:

Nails on a blackboard; chip forks; nails on paper; marker pen on paper; and worst of all.... POLYSTYRENE! I have gone cold just thinking about it.... horrible squeaky stuff.

[Andy2306]

i cnt stand wet rubber... eww the noise! makes me go all shivery!

[kellypie]

hearing someone brush their teeth, even on the tv makes me wince.

brushing my own teeth is fine i must add!!

Whats with the Chip forks??

[Snowy Owl]

Someone sharpening a knife on one of those things that you pull the knife backwards and forwards through. I`m OK if it`s done properly on a steel like a butcher does. My husband using tooth floss to get something from between his teeth.

My husband finds it puts his teeth on edge just to think about rhubarb, let alone eat it!

[Kingaroo]

I too describe those things in terms of their impact, in the absence of an appropriate noun. I say "it gives me the willies" or "the heebee-jeebees" or (like you) "it sets my teeth on edge."

But we could certainly invent a noun that would fill in the blank in this sentence: "Chalk squeaks and biting styrofoam are two common examples of ____."

Jeebifiers? Dental rotators?

[sg]

at school we used to say "It's Cringable!"

[stephanie289]

Yeah, Ive always said 'it makes me cringe'