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hair raising
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
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adjective as in breathtaking
adjective as in bloodcurdling
adjective as in horrid
adjective as in horrific
adjective as in quickening
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adjective as in reinvigorating
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adjective as in renewing
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adjective as in roborant
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adjective as in vitalizing
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adjective as in vivifying
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adjective as in creepy
adjective as in exciting
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adjective as in fearful
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adjective as in frightful/frightening
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adjective as in hair-raising
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Example Sentences
So undoubtedly, there will be some isolated hair-raising increases.
In a hair-raising series of events, he was able to get a ticket to the United States and get out of Uganda.
Very little excited Jay, not even his own hair-raising habit of reading while he drove.
The facts in the case are well-known, yet remain hair-raising.
The explosive finale, when demonic fans run amok at a movie premiere, is hair-raising in its viciousness.
The submarine E.14 sailed into harbour after a series of hair-raising adventures in the Sea of Marmora.
It was a hair-raising problem, too, and called for every ounce of nerve and every particle of skill the boy possessed.
But Braithwaite has won his spurs now in many a hair-raising crisis, so K. may let his mind rest at ease.
He related with appropriate force the hair-raising episode of the weird white figure.
Welcome described another hair-raising turn at another place that allowed him to circle, and came whooping back.
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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hair-raising, such as: breathtaking, chilling, electrifying, frightening, shocking, and suspenseful.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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