Synonyms for hair-raising
- adjective
Most common
nightmarish blood-curdling terrifying frightening hairy hair-curling
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Nightmarish
2. Terrifying
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing fear or anxiety; scary.
Related words
- Other spellings
- hair raising hairraising
Example sentences
- nightmarish Bruno had a nightmarish story to tell.
- terrifying Ziri listened to one of Rima's terrifying stories.
- frightening I was terrified of receiving a frightening answer.
- hairy Dan once got bitten by one of his big hairy spiders.
By length
- 5 letters
- scary2, hairy2
- 10 letters
- terrifying4
- 11 letters
- frightening3, nightmarish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (scary2 = 2 syllables).