hair-raising
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5.2
- adjective
- /ˈhɛrˌreɪzɪŋ/
- Informal
:
escalofriante
- She told a hair-raising tale about her adventures in the haunted house.
- hair-raising tales
- hair-raising ride
- hair-raising experience
Electro Boom shocking hair raising experiments.
- Electro Boom shocking hair raising experiments.
Examples
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And he certainly wouldn't want you to know about the hair-raising adventures that follow and the nefarious villains they face.
Blog text (15) -
And it is still fairly hair-raising after all these years.
Blog text (28) -
You hear all kinds of hair-raising stories.
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And if that was the case, then this whole business was just hair-raising.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thursday night, the first of a series of hair-raising incidents occurred.
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If I remember correctly, he cited some pretty hair-raising examples.
Academic text (1999) -
"Andy Henry came back to St. Louie last year with some hair-raising tales.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hillary drove them about in a Ferrari at hair-raising speeds.
Fiction book (1996) -
But Singer's mother was also a great storyteller who told the young Isaac hair-raising tales of ghosts and goblins, devils and imps.
Fiction book (1999) -
The horror movie was full of hair-raising surprises that kept everyone on the edge of their seats.
Synonyms
763
1.0
Causing fear or making you feel afraid
287
3.0
Causing someone to feel afraid
209
5.3
Making people feel very afraid
46
7.4
Dangerous and frightening, often making you feel worried
17
7.0
Very frightening and unpleasant, like a bad dream
1
8.2
Making you feel very afraid and shocked
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Hair-raising comes from the image of hair 'raising', meaning 'standing on end', when you are very scared or shocked, like when you get goosebumps, and raising here is the idea of hair being lifted. So, hair-raising now means something extremely frightening or exciting.