Hair-curling

Quick meaning: Hair-curling is an adjective meaning (idiomatic) Exciting, astonishing, frightening, or horrifying.

Meaning

(idiomatic) Exciting, astonishing, frightening, or horrifying.

Example Sentences

If the walls . . . could talk, they would reveal some hair-curling secrets.

Many of Mr. Dahl's stories are hair-curling tales of man's inhumanity to man, particularly woman's to man.

But, first and foremost, "Retreat with Stilwell" is a rip snorting, spine tingling, hair curling story, and as such it is quite likely to hold you.

[T]he era of good feeling Carter has created in his party . . . could be a prelude to an activist presidency bent on shaking and changing the status quo with hair-curling audacity.

Word Forms

• haircurling

Synonyms for hair-curling

Depending on context, synonyms include hair-raising.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breath-catching, spine-tingling, heart-thumping, thrilling, toe-curling, awesome.

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