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hairraising
adjective as in nightmarish
adjective as in scary
adjective as in sensational
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adjective as in stimulating
adjective as in thrilling
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adjective as in unearthly
Weak matches
- abnormal
- absurd
- appalling
- demoniac
- devilish
- eerie
- ethereal
- extraordinary
- fiendish
- frightening
- funereal
- ghastly
- ghostly
- ghoulish
- hair-raising
- haunted
- heavenly
- hyperphysical
- miraculous
- nightmarish
- not of this world
- phantom
- preternatural
- ridiculous
- scary
- sepulchral
- spectral
- spooky
- sublime
- superhuman
- uncanny
- ungodly
- unholy
- unreasonable
- weird
adjective as in breathtaking
adjective as in bloodcurdling
adjective as in horrid
adjective as in horrific
adjective as in quickening
Strong matches
adjective as in reinvigorating
Strong matches
adjective as in renewing
Strong matches
adjective as in roborant
Weak matches
- adrenalizing
- appealing
- arousing
- bracing
- breathtaking
- challenging
- electrifying
- energizing
- exhilarant
- exhilarating
- gripping
- hair-raising
- hectic
- innerving
- inspiring
- interesting
- intoxicating
- invigorating
- lively
- moving
- provocative
- refreshing
- reinvigorating
- renewing
- restorative
- rousing
- spine-tingling
- stimulating
- stirring
- thought-provoking
- thrilling
- titillating
adjective as in vitalizing
Strong matches
adjective as in vivifying
Strong matches
adjective as in creepy
adjective as in exciting
Strongest matches
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adjective as in fearful
Weak matches
- appalling
- astounding
- atrocious
- awful
- baleful
- bloodcurdling
- creepy
- dire
- distressing
- dreadful
- eerie
- formidable
- frightful
- ghastly
- ghoulish
- grievous
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrific
- lurid
- macabre
- monstrous
- morbid
- overwhelming
- redoubtable
- shocking
- shuddersome
- sinister
- strange
- sublime
- terrible
- tremendous
- unearthly
- unspeakable
adjective as in frightful/frightening
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- alarming
- appalling
- atrocious
- awesome
- awful
- chilling
- daunting
- dire
- direful
- dismaying
- disquieting
- dread
- dreadful
- fearful
- fearsome
- formidable
- ghastly
- grabber
- grim
- grisly
- gruesome
- hair-raising
- hairy
- harrowing
- hideous
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrifying
- inconceivable
- intimidating
- lurid
- macabre
- menacing
- morbid
- ominous
- petrifying
- portentous
- repellent
- spooky
- terrible
- terrifying
- traumatic
- unnerving
- unspeakable
adjective as in hair-raising
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On this page you'll find 718 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hairraising, such as: awful, chilling, disquieting, dreadful, eerie, and ghastly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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