Usually means: Causing hair to stand up.
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  1. horripilating: Merriam-Webster
  2. horripilating: Vocabulary.com
  3. horripilating: Wiktionary
  4. horripilating: Dictionary.com
  5. horripilating: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. horripilating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. horripilating: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (horripilating)

▸ adjective:  Causing horripilation.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) Horrendous, horrifying, terrifying.

Similar:
horrifick, horrored, hurty, horiciclic, hectoring, helatious, hag-ridden, hordal, horrorstruck, hory, more...

Opposite:
calming, soothing, relaxing, comforting

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Similar:
horrifick, horrored, hurty, horiciclic, hectoring, helatious, hag-ridden, hordal, horrorstruck, hory, more...

Opposite:
calming, soothing, relaxing, comforting



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