HAIR-RAISER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones

Example:

the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser

Synonyms:

chiller; hair-raiser

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hair-raiser" is a kind of...):

excitation; excitement (something that agitates and arouses)

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