Definitions for hair-raising
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hair′-rais`ing(adj.)
terrifying or horrifying:
a hair-raising encounter with death.
Origin of hair-raising:
1895–1900
hair′-rais`ing•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish(adj)
extremely alarming
Wiktionary
hair-raising(Adjective)
Causing fear; scary.
Translations for hair-raising
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- sensasioneel, skokkendAfrikaans
- مُرْعِب، يوقِف الشَّعْرArabic
- страшенBulgarian
- arrepiantePortuguese (BR)
- hrůzyplnýCzech
- haarsträubendGerman
- hårrejsendeDanish
- ανατριχιαστικόςGreek
- que pone los pelos de puntaSpanish
- hirmuäratavEstonian
- ترسناکFarsi
- karmaisevaFinnish
- à faire se dresser les cheveux sur la têteFrench
- מְסָמֵר שֵׂיעָרHebrew
- रोंगटे खड़े कर देने वालाHindi
- jeziv, sablastanCroatian
- hajmeresztőHungarian
- mengerikanIndonesian
- hryllilegurIcelandic
- speventoso, (che fa rizzare i capelli)Italian
- 身の毛のよだつようなJapanese
- 무시무시한Korean
- šiurpinantis, verčiantis plaukus stotis piestuLithuanian
- šausmīgs; šaušalīgsLatvian
- menyeramkanMalay
- hetgeen de haren te berge doet rijzenDutch
- hårreisende, nervepirrendeNorwegian
- mrożący krew w żyłachPolish
- ترسناکPersian
- سخت ډارول، بېرول، په خطر كې اچول، خبرداى، وركول (دخطرPashto
- arripiantePortuguese
- de groazăRomanian
- ужасныйRussian
- hrôzostrašný; napínavý, vzrušujúciSlovak
- da ti grejo lasje pokonciSlovenian
- zastrašujućiSerbian
- hårresandeSwedish
- น่าขนหัวลุกThai
- korkunç, tüyler ürperticiTurkish
- 令人毛骨悚然的Chinese (Trad.)
- такий, від якого волосся дибкиUkrainian
- دہشت انگیزUrdu
- dựng tóc gáyVietnamese
- 使人毛发直竖的，恐怖的Chinese (Simp.)
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