noun
excitation that makes your hair stand up or that chills your bones
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the movie was an old-fashioned hair-raiser
• Syn: ↑chiller
• Hypernyms: ↑excitation, ↑excitement
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun : one that is hair-raising : chiller
the ingredients for an old-fashioned hair-raiser — Theatre Arts
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/hair"ray'zeuhr/, n.
a story, experience, etc., that is terrifying or thrilling.
[1895-1900]
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hairˈ-raiser noun
A tale of terror
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Main Entry: ↑hair
Useful english dictionary. 2012.