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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesरोंgटे खड़े कर देने वाला
Native Script:रोंगटे खड़े करने वाला
Pronunciation / Transliteration: rongte khade kar dene wala
"वह एक रोंगटे खड़े कर देने वाली कहानी थी।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Causing hair to stand on end due to horror, fright, or cold; bristling.
"The novelist described a horripilant encounter with a creature lurking in the dark cellar." - 2
Extremly repulsive, terrifying, or shudder-inducing in nature.
"He recounted the horripilant details of the accident with chilling composure."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb horripilare, meaning to have the hair stand on end, formed from horridus (horrid) and pilus (hair). Entering English in the late 19th century via French, it initially described physiological reactions of terror or cold before broadening to describe things that cause such a horrified reaction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Horripilant" is said worldwide
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horripilant
Transliteration: ɔ.ʁi.pi.lɑ̃
"Ce bruit strident est absolument horripilant."
haarsträubend
Transliteration: haːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɔɪ̯bn̩t
"Die Geschichte hatte einige haarsträubende Details."
orripilante
Transliteration: or.ri.piˈlan.te
"Ho visto una scena orripilante nel film horror."
horripilante
Transliteration: o.ri.piˈlan.te
"El relato del crimen fue verdaderamente horripilante."
horripilante
Transliteration: o.ʁi.piˈlɐ̃.tʃi
"Aquela criatura tinha uma aparência horripilante."
रोंgटे खड़े कर देने वाला
Transliteration: rongte khade kar dene wala
Script: रोंगटे खड़े करने वाला
"वह एक रोंगटे खड़े कर देने वाली कहानी थी।"
令人毛骨悚然的
Transliteration: lìng rén máo gǔ sǒng rán de
"这部电影有一个令人毛骨悚然的结尾。"
소름 끼치는
Transliteration: soreum kkichineun
"그는 소름 끼치는 목소리로 경고했다."
ぞっとするような
Transliteration: zotto suru yō na
"彼女はそのぞっとするような事件について語った。"
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