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hair-raising
[hair-rey-zing]
adjective
terrifying or horrifying.
We had a hair-raising brush with death.
hair-raising
adjective
inspiring horror; terrifying
a hair-raising drop of 600 feet
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈ-ˌ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hair-raising1
Example Sentences
In contextualizing the visceral action, the cinematographer isolated the character from the stark environment, illustrating his hyperfocused, meticulous nature as the hair-raising tension builds.
Take the 2015 film Victoria, a hair-raising, two-hour and 20 minute feature film that its makers say was shot in a single take.
The same federal government that is having hair-raising difficulty with basic functions like air traffic control, is now looking to spend billions to double down on rounding up immigrants.
The movie became famous for having one of the most spectacular car chases ever filmed: Hackman’s Doyle in a hair-raising pursuit of an elevated train that had been hijacked by a hit man.
Unlike Harry and co, who would perform hair-raising manoeuvres while soaring through the air on broomsticks, real-life players try to outwit their opponents astride PVC pipes.
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