horripilated
Syllables: hor·ri·pi·lat·edUK/hɒˌɹɪpɪˈleɪtɪd/US/hɑˌɹipiˈleɪtid/
horripilated adjective: bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end. Also the simple past and past participle of horripilate.
Adjective
horripilated (comparative more horripilated, superlative most horripilated)
- Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
- Fortitude of heart is the confidence and boldness of faith that is reverent but not horripilated, hopeful but not presumptuous, heroic but not ambitious.2011, Domenic Marbaniang, “Rediscovery of Prayer”, in Beyond the Shadows and Other Essays, [USA]: Domenic Marbaniang, →ISBN, page 139
- Looking back on it, I do have fond memories of that journey—Iris in a swimsuit and horripilated flesh perched over a lake barely clear of ice, the smell of the pine woods and the intoxicating smoke of our cookfires, […]2004, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, chapter 9, in The Inner Circle, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN
Also used as
horripilated is also the simple past and past participle of horripilate.
Forms of horripilated
| comparative | more horripilated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most horripilated |
Origin of horripilated
From horripilate + -ed.
Questions about horripilated
- What does horripilated mean?
- Horripilated means bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
- What part of speech is horripilated?
- Horripilated is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce horripilated?
- Horripilated is pronounced /hɒˌɹɪpɪˈleɪtɪd/ (UK).
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