horripilated
English
editEtymology
edithorripilate + -ed.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɒˌɹɪpɪˈleɪtɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɑˌɹipiˈleɪtid/, /-ɾid/
- Hyphenation: hor‧ri‧pi‧lat‧ed
Adjective
edithorripilated (comparative more horripilated, superlative most horripilated)
- Bristling with fear or horror; with fur or hair standing on end.
- 2004, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, chapter 9, in The Inner Circle, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
- 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, […]
- 2005, Andrew Thomas Breslin, Mother’s Milk, Hoboken, N.J.: ENC Press, →ISBN, page 82:
- 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 terms
edit- horripilant
- horripilate
- horripilating (adjective)
- horriplilatingly
- horripilation
Verb
edithorripilated
- simple past and past participle of horripilate.