What is another word for hair-raising?
Synonyms for hair-raising
hair-rais·ing
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word hair-raising.
Wiktionary
hair-raisingadjective
Synonyms:
hair-curlinghair-raisingadjective
Causing fear; scary.
Synonyms:
hair-curling
Princeton's WordNet
bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarishadjective
extremely alarming
Synonyms:
bloodcurdling, nightmarishAntonyms:
unalarming
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#21332 | chilling | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#72547 | nightmarish | |
#326374 | bloodcurdling |
How to use hair-raising in a sentence?
It really ranks as the number one strange save, the squadron has been involved in some hair-raising tasks. Most of our rescues are obviously boat or person related. This rescue was so different because we had to lasso the horse while keeping him as unstressed as possible.
Translations for hair-raising
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- dahsyatIndonesian
- afgrijselijkDutch
Get even more translations for hair-raising »
Translation
Find a translation for the hair-raising synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"hair-raising." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 8 Feb. 2025. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/hair-raising>.
Discuss these hair-raising synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In