hair-raising
Use Hair-raising in a sentence
zɪŋ adjective
terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death.
Origin:
1895–1900
1895–1900
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| hair-raising | |
| —adj | |
| inspiring horror; terrifying: a hair-raising drop of 600 feet | |
| 'hair-raiser | |
| —n | |
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Hair-raising
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
It is hair-raising rather than touching, and when one has heard it one is glad that it is over rather than deeply moved.
Watkins's route follows razor-thin ridges, hair-raising paths, and vertigo-inducing drops.
Scientists tell hair-raising tales about encounters.
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