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Synonyms for make one's hair stand on end
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hair |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɛər |
Top 10 synonyms for make one's hair stand on end Other synonyms for the word make one's hair stand on end
- chill to the bone
- curdle the blood
- daunt
- demoralize
- deter
- disburb
- discomfort
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- disquiet
- faze
- horrify
- intimidate
- make blood run cold
- make one's blood run cold
- make one's hair stand on end
- make teeth chatter
- panic
- perturb
- petrify
- repel
- scare
- scare away
- scare off
- scare the daylights out of
- scare to death
- silly
- spook
- startle
- stiff
- strike terror into
- terrify
- terrorize
- unhinge
- unnerve
Définition of make one's hair stand on end
Origin :- Old English hær "hair, a hair," from Proto-Germanic *khæran (cf. Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German har, Old Frisian her, Dutch and German haar "hair"), perhaps from PIE *ghers- "to stand out, to bristle, rise to a point" (cf. Lithuanian serys "bristle;" see horror).
- Spelling influenced by Old Norse har and Old English haire "haircloth," from Old French haire, from Frankish *harja or some other Germanic source (see above). To let one's hair down "become familiar" is first recorded 1850. Phrase hair of the dog that bit you (1540s), homeopathic remedy, is in Pliny.
- As in scarify : verb frighten
Antonyms for make one's hair stand on end
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