HORRIPILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horripilate mean? 

• HORRIPILATE (verb)
  The verb HORRIPILATE has 2 senses:

1. have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

2. cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps

  Familiarity information: HORRIPILATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORRIPILATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they horripilate    ... he / she / it horripilates   
Past simple: horripilated   
Past participle: horripilated   
-ing form: horripilating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

I horripilate when I see violence on television

Hypernyms (to "horripilate" is one way to...):

experience; get; have; receive (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))

Verb group:

horripilate (cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

horripilation (reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

Hitchcock movies horripilate me

Hypernyms (to "horripilate" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

Verb group:

horripilate (have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

horripilation (reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation)