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HAIR-RAISER
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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)