spine-tingling

adjective

: very exciting, thrilling, or frightening

spine-tingling suspense

a spine-tingling performance

Examples of spine-tingling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These spine-tingling stories were inspired by real places that still exist. — J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Come dressed in your Halloween costume and enjoy spine-tingling Halloween classics. — Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

Now Burwell has emerged as the spine-tingling Angelo Badalamenti to Barker’s David Lynch, or maybe a synth-patching Bernard Herrmann to Barker’s Alfred Hitchcock. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Below is a selection of powerful reads for every taste, ranging from spine-tingling thrillers to poignant reflections on American history, swoony romance and everything in between. — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

Rhymes for spine-tingling

• commingling
• intermingling
• jingling
• mingling
• singling
• tingling