hair-raiser

hair-rais·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hair reyz]
- /hɛər reɪz/
- /heə(r) ˈreɪ.zə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hair reyz]
- /hɛər reɪz/

Definition of hair-raiser word

noun hair-raiser a story, experience, etc., that is terrifying or thrilling. 1

Just one definition for hair-raiser

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Origin of hair-raiser

First appearance:

before 1895

One of the 18% newest English words

First recorded in 1895-1900

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hair-raiser

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hair-raiser

hair-raiser popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.