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hair raising

hair raising is the alternative form of hair-raising.

Meaning of hair-raising

Adjective

hair-raising (comparative more hair-raising, superlative most hair-raising)

  1. (idiomatic) Causing fear or anxiety; scary.
    Synonyms:
    hair-curling

Forms of hair raising

comparativemore hair raising
superlativemost hair raising

Questions about hair raising

What is hair raising the alternative form of?
Hair raising is the alternative form of hair-raising.

Words near hair raising in the dictionary

  1. hair plugs
  2. hair powder
  3. hair powders
  4. hair raiser
  5. hair raisers
  6. hair raising
  7. hair restorer
  8. hair restorers
  9. hair rig
  10. hair rigs
  11. hair roller

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hair raising (page history and authors); hair-raising (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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