Horripilated
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɒˌɹɪpɪˈleɪtɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Horripilated is an adjective meaning Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
Meaning
Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of horripilate.
Example Sentences
Fortitude of heart is the confidence and boldness of faith that is reverent but not horripilated, hopeful but not presumptuous, heroic but not ambitious.
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, […]
It took Cindy ten minutes to coax the horripilated feline from beneath a car, his trust in her utterly shattered. But his attention span being only marginally longer than the life span of certain theoretical subatomic particles, he soon could not remember what he was doing underneath a Volvo in the first place, and was eager to be back in the warmth of his human's arms.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include horrent, bristling, hairraising, hair raising, horrid, bristled.
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