horripilationn.
/hɒrɪpɪˈleɪʃən/ Erection of the hairs on the skin by contraction of the cutaneous muscles (caused by cold, fear or other emotion, or nervous affection), producing the condition known as ‘goose-flesh’; ‘creeping of the flesh’.
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the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [noun]
staring1563
bristling1591
horripilation1656
piloerection1930
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > hair standing on end or gooseflesh
horripilation1656
goose-skin1785
goose-flesha1834
chicken flesh1844
goose pimples1889
goose bumps1933
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun]
formication1707
horripilation1776–84
pseudaesthesia1822
paraesthesia1848
hyperaesthesia1849
paraesthesis1857
phantom limb1871
hemianaesthesia1878
allochiria1881
polyaesthesia1888
allaesthesia1890
thermo-anaesthesia1890
acroparaesthesia1892
allachaesthesia1894
thermaesthesia1899
trichaesthesia1902
hypoaesthesia1906
thermo-aesthesia1909
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > low body temperature > shivering with cold
chilling1393
shivering1398
shruggingc1400
chittering1552
horripilation1822
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Horripilation, the standing up of the hair for fear..a sudden quaking, shuddering or shivering.
1659 R. Gell Ess. Amendm. Transl. Bible 591 That formidable doctrine which causeth horripilation, and makes the hair stand on end through fear.
1776–84 W. Cullen First Lines Physic in Wks. (1827) I. i. i. § 480 The horripilatio is confined to diseases from internal causes.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 114 When the shivering or horripilation produced by the cold water has not been followed with a stimulant effect.
1896 Times 18 Dec. 6/3 I..never in my life felt more keenly that uncomfortable sense..known as ‘horripilation’.
1898 J. Hutchinson in Archives Surg. IX. No. 34. 133 Spasmodic contraction of the muscular coats of the blood vessels is probably the essential cause of true shivering, whilst spasm of the arrectores pili is that of horripilation.
Derivatives
hoˈrripilant adj. causing horripilation.
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the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [adjective]
staring1578
upstaring1590
upstart1590
upstarted1602
bristling1607
erected1610
starting1680
horrent1744
horripilant1837
stivereda1855
erect1870
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [adjective] > causing the hair to stand on end or gooseflesh
gruesome1570
porcupinish1829
horripilant1837
grauly1848
creepy1883
goosefleshy1894
goosefleshing1895
1837 A. Leighton in Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders III. 380/1 Rendered the sight appalling and horripilant.
hoˈrripilate v. (intransitive) to undergo horripilation; transitive to cause horripilation in, make (the flesh) to creep.
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the world > life > the body > hair > horripilation > [verb (intransitive)]
bristle1480
to stick upa1500
to stand or start widdershins1513
upstart1513
starta1522
stare?1523
to start up1553
rousea1616
horripilate1623
stiver1790
uprise1827
upstare1886
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > undergo a creeping of the flesh or gooseflesh
crawla1400
creepa1400
horripilate1623
girl1820
pringle1889
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > sensation of something creeping on skin > [verb (transitive)]
prickle1612
to make one's flesh creep1725
horripilate1887
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > cause horripilation
prickle1612
to make one's flesh creep1725
porcupine1827
horripilate1887
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Horripilate, to grow rough with hair.
1887 L. Hearn Some Chinese Ghosts vi. 149 Flesh made to creep by the utterance of such words as poets utter—flesh moved by an Idea, flesh horripilated by a Thought!
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