"spine-tingling" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-spine-tingling.ogg [Australia] Forms: more spine-tingling [comparative], most spine-tingling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} spine-tingling (comparative more spine-tingling, superlative most spine-tingling)
  1. (idiomatic) Scary, exciting or exhilarating. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Fear Translations (scary, exciting or exhilarating): hátborzongató (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-spine-tingling-en-adj-sSzt4ypm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for spine-tingling meaning in English (1.7kB)

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