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Horripilate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Horripilate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps

"I horripilate when I see violence on television"

2

cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps

"Hitchcock movies horripilate me"

3

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
experience stimulate
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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