Meaning

1 senses

  1. To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.

    gruseln

More definitions
  • cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
  • have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 1
to bristle in fear or horror:

Origin

From Late Latin horripilātus, perfect passive participle of horripilō (“(of hairs) to bris

From Late Latin horripilātus, perfect passive participle of horripilō (“(of hairs) to bristle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from horreō (“to bristle, shiver, dread”) + pilus (“hair”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).

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Forms

horripilates, horripilating, horripilated, horripilated
Base formhorripilate · to horripilate
3rd person singularhorripilates
Present participlehorripilating
Past simplehorripilated
Past participlehorripilated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhorripilate
he, she, ithorripilates

Past simpleLesson

all personshorripilated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave horripilated
he, she, ithas horripilated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill horripilate

Synonyms

4 synonyms
goose skinperscopatehave goose fleshhave one's hair stand on end

Word family

5 related words
Relatedpilomotor reflexhorripilation
Derivedhorripilanthorripilatedhorripilating

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
horridhorrifichorrifyB1horrorA2horseA1horseback
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