"hair-raising" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more hair-raising [comparative], most hair-raising [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} hair-raising (comparative more hair-raising, superlative most hair-raising)
  1. Causing fear or anxiety; scary. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: hair-curling, hair raising, hairraising Derived forms: hair-raiser, hair-raisingly Related terms: eyebrow-raising Translations (scary): ужасяващ (užasjavašt) (Bulgarian), esgarrifós (Catalan), haarsträubend (German), hajmeresztő (Hungarian), hårreisende (Norwegian Bokmål), hårreisande (Norwegian Nynorsk), hårresande (Swedish), ขนลุก (Thai), ขนหัวลุก (Thai), tüyler ürpertici (Turkish)

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