Antonyms for hair-raising
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hair-rey-zing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌreɪ zɪŋ |
Definition of hair-raising
Origin :- "exciting," 1837, from hair + raise (v.). In 19c. works, sometimes as jocular mock-classical tricopherous.
- adj causing excitement
- The way that Spot walked into those dogs and gave them what-for was hair-raising.
- Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
- No one knew where he could have possibly heard the hair-raising phrase.
- Extract from : « In the Mist of the Mountains » by Ethel Turner
- Piercing, hair-raising, unnatural as they were, Mr. Budlong recognized them.
- Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
- It was a hair-raising coast, but we made the brink without a spill.
- Extract from : « Down the Yellowstone » by Lewis R. Freeman
- One fellow, I forget his name, has a most hair-raising theory.
- Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions
- It was a hair-raising proposition, but perhaps—just perhaps—not quite so suicidal as it looked.
- Extract from : « The Wreckers » by Francis Lynde
- The yells which accompanied it were hair-raising as the shrieks from a band of maniacs.
- Extract from : « Ben Blair » by Will Lillibridge
- The curates of the town spoke of him in terms of hair-raising horror.
- Extract from : « The Torrent » by Vicente Blasco Ibaez
- The air-ship zigzagged erratically on its course, and the long bag ducked upward and downward in a most hair-raising manner.
- Extract from : « Motor Matt's Air Ship » by Stanley R. Matthews
- There had been a hair-raising ghost story that had sent a dozen home before the respectable time of departure.
- Extract from : « My Lady of the Chimney Corner » by Alexander Irvine
Synonyms for hair-raising
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