horripilate

horripilate
Synonyms and related words:
affright, alarm, be cold, boss, chatter, chill, coarsen, curdle the blood, didder, disquiet, dither, freeze, freeze to death, fright, frighten, funk, gnarl, granulate, grow cold, have a chill, have goose pimples, knob, lose heat, make one tremble, perish with cold, pimple, quake, quiver, raise apprehensions, rough, rough up, roughen, scare, shake, shiver, shudder, spook, stagger, startle, stud, tremble, unman, unnerve, unstring

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  • horripilate — [hô rip′ə lāt΄] vt. horripilated, horripilating [< L horripilatus, pp. of horripilare, to bristle with hairs < horrere, to bristle (see HORRID) + pilus, hair] to produce horripilation vi. to experience horripilation; bristle …   English World dictionary

  • horripilate — verb 1. have one s hair stand on end and get goosebumps I horripilate when I see violence on television • Derivationally related forms: ↑horripilation • Hypernyms: ↑experience, ↑receive, ↑have, ↑get …   Useful english dictionary

  • horripilate — /haw rip euh layt , ho /, v.t., horripilated, horripilating. to produce horripilation on. [1615 25; < L horripilatus (ptp. of horripilare to become bristly). See HORRIFY, PILE3, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • horripilate — hor·rip·i·late …   English syllables

  • horripilate — hor•rip•i•late [[t]hɔˈrɪp əˌleɪt, hɒ [/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing phl zool. to produce horripilation on • Etymology: 1615–25; < L horripilātus, ptp. of horripilāre to become bristly. See horrific, pile III, ate I …   From formal English to slang

  • horripilate — To get goose bumps …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • Cold — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cold >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cold cold coldness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 frigidity frigidity inclemency fresco GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 winter winter Sgm: N 2 depth of winter …   English dictionary for students

  • horripilation — /haw rip euh lay sheuhn, ho /, n. a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose flesh. [1615 25; < LL horripilation (s. of horripilatio). See HORRIPILATE, ION] * * * …   Universalium

  • perscopate — verb /ˈpɜːskəpeɪt/ to bristle or horripilate , 1970: Let us take your cat: now suppose we shave her tail, so that it cannot shall I say perscopate or bristle; suppose we attach a board to her back, so that it cannot arch; suppose we then exhibit… …   Wiktionary

  • alarm — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Angelus bell, Roman candle, abject fear, admonishment, admonition, affright, aid to navigation, alarum, alert, amaze, amber light, anxiety, apprehension, arouse, astonish, awe, balefire, battle cry, beacon,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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