hair-raising

[hair-rey-zing]

adjective

1. terrifying or horrifying.

   We had a hair-raising brush with death.

hair-raising

adjective

1. inspiring horror; terrifying

   a hair-raising drop of 600 feet

Other Word Forms

• hair-raiser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hair-raising¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

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