horripilante
French edit
Adjective edit
horripilante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish horripilar, from Late Latin horripilāre. Doublet of arrepiante.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hor‧ri‧pi‧lan‧te
Adjective edit
horripilante m or f (plural horripilantes)
- ghastly; creepy (horrifyingly shocking)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From horripilar + -ante.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
horripilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural horripilantes)
- horrifying, shocking
- Synonyms: espantoso, terrorífico, chocante
- ghastly, grisly
- Synonym: espeluznante
Further reading edit
- “horripilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014