horripilate

Meanings

Verb

have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps
- "I horripilate when I see violence on television"
cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
- "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"
To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.

Origin / Etymology

From Late Latin horripilātus, perfect passive participle of horripilō (“(of hairs) to bristle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from horreō (“to bristle, shiver, dread”) + pilus (“hair”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).

Synonyms

goose skin, have goose flesh, have one's hair stand on end, perscopate

Scrabble Score: 16

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Words With Friends Score: 17

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