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adjective
Date: 1900
causing terror, excitement, or astonishment <hair-raising stories> • hair-raisingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
hair-raising
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hair-raising — exciting, 1837, from HAIR (Cf. hair) + RAISE (Cf. raise). In 19c. works, sometimes as jocular mock classical tricopherous … Etymology dictionary
hair-raising — hair′ rais ing adj. terrifying or horrifying: a hair raising encounter with death[/ex] • Etymology: 1895–1900 hair′ rais ing•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
hair-raising — [her′rāz΄iŋ] adj. causing, or thought of as causing, the hair to stand on end; terrifying or shocking hair raiser n … English World dictionary
hair-raising — /hair ray zing/, adj. terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair raising brush with death. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
hair-raising — [adj] causing excitement bloodcurdling, breathtaking, chilling, cliff hanging, electrifying, exciting, frightening, shocking, spine chilling, spine tingling, suspenseful, terrifying; concepts 529,542,548 … New thesaurus
hair-raising — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ extremely alarming, astonishing, or frightening … English terms dictionary
hair-raising — adjective extremely alarming • Syn: ↑bloodcurdling, ↑nightmarish • Similar to: ↑alarming * * * ˈhair raising [hair raising] adjective … Useful english dictionary
hair-raising — ADJ GRADED A hair raising experience, event, or story is very frightening but can also be exciting. ...hair raising rides at funfairs... Her truck is a very large pickup which she drives at hair raising speeds … English dictionary
hair-raising — adj. Hair raising is used with these nouns: ↑adventure, ↑experience, ↑tale … Collocations dictionary
