Horripilante in english
Horrifying
pronunciation: hɔrəfaɪɪŋ part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: hɔrəfaɪɪŋ part of speech: adjective
In gestures
horripilante = horrifying ; gruesome ; grisly ; chilling ; gross ; hair-raising ; frightening ; creepy ; grotesquely ugly ; blood-curdling ; hairy ; cringeworthy ; cringe-inducing ; cringe-making.
Example: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.Example: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.Example: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.Example: The article is entitled 'Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.Example: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.Example: This 'hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.Example: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.Example: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.Example: In all three novels, a love-stricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.Example: The plot for this blood-curdling story was prepared by those who were converted to Islam.Example: The Leafs changed goaltenders and the game got a bit hairy in the closing minutes.Example: The result is a pastiche of the cringeworthy, the harrowing and the hillarious.Example: The staff Christmas Party is a hot bed of mostly cringe-inducing, and sometimes dismissible, behaviour.Example: It is cringe-making to go into a bookshop and ask the sales assistant for pornography.