Hair-curling

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

[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.

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

Synonyms for hair-curling

Antonyms for hair-curling

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Word Forms

• more hair-curling
• most hair-curling
• hair curling
• haircurling

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