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HORRIPILATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps

Example:

Hitchcock movies horripilate me

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "horripilate" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

Verb group:

horripilate (have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

horripilation (reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

Example:

I horripilate when I see violence on television

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "horripilate" is one way to...):

experience; get; have; receive (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))

Verb group:

horripilate (cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

horripilation (reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation)

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