hair-raising Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- fearsome
- direful
- startling
- ghastly
- forbidding
- shocking
- horrendous
- dire
- dreadful
- horrifying
- frightful
- intimidating
- eerie
- alarming
- fearful
- gruesome
- redoubtable
- dread
- spine-chilling
- creepy
Weak:
Strongest:
- tranquilizing
- tranquilizing
- inviting
- soothing
- comforting
- consoling
- relaxing
- comforting
- calming
- reassuring
- relaxing
- soothing
- inviting
- reassuring
- consoling
- calming
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hair-raising Meaning
hair-raising (s)
extremely alarming
hair-raising Sentence Examples
- The ghostly apparition gave me a hair-raising fright in the darkened hallway.
- The scream echoed through the empty house, hair-raising and spine-chilling.
- The thunder and lightning erupted with hair-raising intensity during the storm.
- The child's hair-raising tale of a monster lurking in the closet sent shivers down my spine.
- The surgeon performed a hair-raising operation with incredible precision and skill.
- The roller coaster's sudden drop sent passengers screaming in hair-raising fear.
- The movie's hair-raising climax left me on the edge of my seat.
- The news report of the car crash was hair-raising and heartbreaking.
- The detective's hair-raising account of the crime scene revealed the gruesome details.
- The mountaineer's hair-raising climb up the sheer rock face was a testament to human endurance.
FAQs About the word hair-raising
extremely alarming
scary, frightening, terrible, formidable,terrifying, horrible, fearsome, direful, startling, ghastly
tranquilizing, tranquilizing, inviting, soothing, comforting, consoling, relaxing, comforting, calming,reassuring
The ghostly apparition gave me a hair-raising fright in the darkened hallway.
The scream echoed through the empty house, hair-raising and spine-chilling.
The thunder and lightning erupted with hair-raising intensity during the storm.
The child's hair-raising tale of a monster lurking in the closet sent shivers down my spine.
