hair-raiser

noun

hair-rais·​er ˈher-ˌrā-zər How to pronounce hair-raiser (audio)

Examples of hair-raiser in a Sentence

since they had been dating for five years, her answer to his proposal wasn't exactly a hair-raiser
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And the Halloween-eve hair-raiser adds a cackling skeleton to a horror arcade of ghoulish news for EVs. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hair-raiser was in 1897

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“Hair-raiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hair-raiser. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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