hair-raising
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adjective \-ˌrā-ziŋ\Definition of HAIR-RAISING
: causing terror, excitement, or astonishment <hair–raising stories>
— hair–rais·ing·ly \-ziŋ-lē\ adverb
See First Known Use of HAIR-RAISING
1900
Related to HAIR-RAISING
- Synonyms
- alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling, terrible, terrifying
- Antonyms
- unexciting
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