horripilation
horripilation noun: a real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Noun
horripilation (countable and uncountable, plural horripilations)
- A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
- Synonyms:
- goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, piloerection, pilomotor reflex
horripilation meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit
horripilation in Tamil
- தோல் மென் மயிர் விரைப்பு
horripilation in Kannada
- ಕದ್ದವಣಿ, ಕೆಚ್ಚು, ಗುಗ್ಗುರಿ
horripilation in Sanskrit
- horripilation
- पुल pula, पुलक pulaka
Synonyms of horripilation
Forms of horripilation
| plural | horripilations |
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Origin of horripilation
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.
Words that rhyme with horripilation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about horripilation
- What does horripilation mean?
- Horripilation means a real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
- What is horripilation in Tamil?
- Horripilation in Tamil is தோல் மென் மயிர் விரைப்பு. See Horripilation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is horripilation?
- Horripilation is a noun.
- What is the plural of horripilation?
- The plural of horripilation is horripilations.
Words near horripilation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horripilation (page history and authors); horripilation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); horripilation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); पुल (Sanskrit) (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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