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horripilate

Syllables: hor·ri·pi·late/hɒˈɹɪpɪˌleɪt/US/hɔˈɹɪpəˌleɪt/

horripilate verb: to bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.

Verb

horripilate (third-person singular simple present horripilates, present participle horripilating, simple past and past participle horripilated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
    • Another volume of ghost stories by Mrs. [Catherine] Crowe!—as grim and horrifying as the "Night Side of Nature," which sends one to bed with a shudder, and lends an awful deliberation to the act of putting out the candle. These pages would literally be frightful if they were not at the same time...1859 February 12, “Ghosts and Family Legends. By Mrs. Crowe, Authoress of the ‘Night Side of Nature.’ (Newby.)”, in The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, Art, and General...
    • When Hel shrugged and changed the subject diplomatically, the nape of Diamond's neck horripilated with embarrassment.1979, Trevanian [pseudonym; Rodney William Whitaker], Shibumi, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers; republished as Shibumi: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, 2005, page 330
    Synonyms:
    have goose flesh, goose skin, have one's hair stand on end, perscopate

horripilate meaning in Kannada

horripilate in Kannada

ಜುಮ್ಮೆನ್ನು, ನವಿರೇರು, ನವಿರ್ಮೂಡು, ಜುಮ್ಮುದಟ್ಟು, ಜುಮ್ಮುದಟ್ಟಿಸು

Synonyms of horripilate

Forms of horripilate

third-person singular presenthorripilates
present participlehorripilating
past participlehorripilated
pasthorripilated

Origin of horripilate

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”).

Words formed from horripilate

Questions about horripilate

What does horripilate mean?
Horripilate means to bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
What is horripilate in Kannada?
Horripilate in Kannada is ಜುಮ್ಮೆನ್ನು, ನವಿರೇರು, ನವಿರ್ಮೂಡು. See Horripilate meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is horripilate?
Horripilate is a verb.
How do you pronounce horripilate?
Horripilate is pronounced /hɒˈɹɪpɪˌleɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of horripilate?
The past tense of horripilate is horripilated.

Words near horripilate in the dictionary

  1. Horrigan
  2. Horrigans
  3. horrigible
  4. Horringford
  5. horripilant
  6. horripilate
  7. horripilated
  8. horripilates
  9. horripilating
  10. horripilation
  11. horripilations

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