hair-raising

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hair-raising

adjective more hair-raising · most hair-raising · hair raising · hairraising

idiomatic Causing fear or anxiety; scary.
Similar: hair-curling

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adj scary

Español	erizante, espeluznante, horripilante, escalofriante
Deutsch	haarsträubend

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@misc{hair_raising_2026,
  title = {hair-raising},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hair-raising},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}