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hair-raising

  • 1 hair-raising

    adjective
    terrifying:

    hair-raising stories.

    مُرْعِب، يوقِف الشَّعْر

    Arabic-English dictionary > hair-raising

  • 2 hrůzyplný

    Czech-English dictionary > hrůzyplný

  • 3 hryllilegur

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > hryllilegur

  • 4 seram

    hair-raising.

    Malay-English dictionary > seram

  • 5 hårrejsende

    * * *
    adj
    ( spændende) hair-raising,
    ( græsselig) appalling, atrocious.

    Danish-English dictionary > hårrejsende

  • 6 arripiante

    hair, hair-raising

    Dicionário português (brasileiro)-Inglês > arripiante

  • 7 espectáculo horripilante

    • hair piece
    • hair-raising
    • horrify
    • horrifyingly

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > espectáculo horripilante

  • 8 tónico capilar

    • hair ribbon
    • hair-raising

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tónico capilar

  • 9 jezovit

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    • eerie
    • eery
    • thriller
    • uncanny
    • horrible
    • creepy

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > jezovit

  • 10 tüyler ürpertici

    hair-raising, spine-chilling, bloodcurdling, eerie, creepy

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > tüyler ürpertici

  • 11 hajmeresztõ

    hair-raising, gruesome

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > hajmeresztõ

  • 12 espeluznante

    adj.
    hair-raising, lurid.
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    1 hair-raising, terrifying, horrifying
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    ADJ hair-raising, horrifying
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    adjetivo <tragedia/estado/experiencia> horrific, horrifying; < grito> terrifying, blood-curdling
    * * *
    = horrifying, shocking, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, lurid, spine-tingling, hair-raising, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    ----
    * de un modo espeluznante = spookily.
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    adjetivo <tragedia/estado/experiencia> horrific, horrifying; < grito> terrifying, blood-curdling
    * * *
    = horrifying, shocking, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, lurid, spine-tingling, hair-raising, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.

    Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex: At the end of the day, there may be only a thin line that separates news from advertisements, as one travels from the lurid to the ridiculous.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    * de un modo espeluznante = spookily.

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    1 (que produce terror) ‹tragedia/estado› horrific, horrifying; ‹historia/experiencia› horrific, horrifying, hair-raising; ‹grito› terrifying, blood-curdling
    2 ( RPl fam) (de mala calidad) terrible
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    espeluznante adjetivo ‹tragedia/estado/experiencia› horrific, horrifying;
    ‹ grito› terrifying, blood-curdling
    espeluznante adjetivo hair-raising, terrifying
    ' espeluznante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    blood-curdling
    - creepy
    - eerie
    - grisly
    - hair
    - hair-raising
    - hairy
    - lurid
    - spooky
    - blood
    - shocking
    - spine
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    [escena, suceso] horrific, horrifying; [relato] hair-raising; [grito] bloodcurdling; [sonido] terrifying
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    adj horrific, horrifying
    * * *
    : hair-raising, terrifying
    * * *
    espeluznante adj terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > espeluznante

  • 13 haarsträubend

    Adj. dreadful; (unglaublich) incredible; (skandalös) outrageous; das ist ja haarsträubend it’s enough to make your hair stand on end
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    shocking; hair-raising
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    haar|sträu|bend [-ʃtrɔybnt]
    1. adj
    hair-raising; (= empörend) shocking, terrible; (= unglaublich) Frechheit incredible
    2. adv
    brutal hair-raisingly; schlecht painfully; obszön terribly, shockingly; frech incredibly; sich benehmen shockingly
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    1) (very bad, ugly etc: a ghastly mistake.) ghastly
    2) (terrifying: hair-raising stories.) hair-raising
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    haar·sträu·bend
    [ˈha:ɐ̯ʃtrɔybn̩t]
    adj hair-raising
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    1) (grauenhaft) hair-raising; horrifying
    2) (empörend) outrageous; shocking
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    haarsträubend adj dreadful; (unglaublich) incredible; (skandalös) outrageous;
    das ist ja haarsträubend it’s enough to make your hair stand on end
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    1) (grauenhaft) hair-raising; horrifying
    2) (empörend) outrageous; shocking
    * * *
    adj.
    bloodcurdling adj.
    hair raising adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > haarsträubend

  • 14 horripilante

    adj.
    1 horrifying, spine-chilling.
    2 horrible, hideous (muy feo).
    3 dreadful, horrible, gruesome, horrifying.
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    1 hair-raising, horrifying, terrifying
    * * *
    ADJ (=espeluznante) [escena] hair-raising, horrifying; [persona] creepy *, terrifying
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    adjetivo terrifying, horrifying
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    = horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.
    Ex. The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.
    Ex. We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex. Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken 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.
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    adjetivo terrifying, horrifying
    * * *
    = horrifying, gruesome, grisly [grislier -comp., grisliest -sup.], chilling, gross [grosser -comp., grossest -sup.], hair-raising, frightening, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.], grotesquely ugly.

    Ex: The article 'A horrifying problem' examines the controversial issue about whether to remove books about satanism from the library shelves.

    Ex: We hear horrendous tales of shootings in schools and colleges and gruesome murder of parents.
    Ex: Much of what he sees and shows his readers is grim, if not grisly.
    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex: Janell has always had a soft spot in her heart for animals most people might find gross.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken 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.

    * * *
    terrifying, horrifying, hair-raising
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    horripilante adjetivo
    terrifying, horrifying
    horripilante adjetivo hair-raising, scary
    ' horripilante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    espantosa
    - espantoso
    English:
    grisly
    - gruesome
    - horrifying
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    1. [terrorífico] horrifying, spine-chilling
    2. Fam [muy malo] appalling
    3. Fam [muy feo] hideous
    * * *
    adj horrible
    * * *
    : horrifying, hair-raising

    Spanish-English dictionary > horripilante

  • 15 aterrador

    adj.
    terrifying, frightful, frightening, awesome.
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    1 terrifying, frightful
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    (f. - aterradora)
    adj.
    frightening, terrifying
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    - dora adjetivo terrifying
    * * *
    = frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex. The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex. The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo terrifying
    * * *
    = frightening, terrifying, terrorising [terrorizing, -USA], frightful, fear-inducing, hideous, hair-raising, groundshaking, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: He perceived that his life threatened to be an interminable succession of these mortifying interviews unless he could discover a way or ways to deal with her surly and terrorizing ferocity.
    Ex: The book, written by a man who is not a military historian as such, is concerned above all with showing the war's hideousness, its frightful human cost, its pathos and loss, and its essential failure to achieve its objectives.
    Ex: The author suggests that the ability to enjoy fear-inducing media increases with age.
    Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.

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    terrifying
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    aterrador
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    terrifying
    aterrador,-ora adjetivo terrifying

    ' aterrador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aterradora
    English:
    chilling
    - frightful
    - terrifying
    - terrifyingly
    - blood
    - fearful
    - fearsome
    - frightening
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    aterrador, -ora adj
    terrifying
    * * *
    adj frightening, terrifying
    * * *
    aterrador, - dora adj
    : terrifying
    * * *
    aterrador adj terrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > aterrador

  • 16 escalofriante

    adj.
    1 spine-chilling.
    2 hair-raising, bloodcurdling, crawly, creepy.
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    1 chilling, bloodcurdling, hair-raising
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    ADJ (=espeluznante) bloodcurdling, hair-raising; (=aterrador) frightening, chilling
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    adjetivo <crimen/escena> horrifying; < cifra> staggering, incredible
    * * *
    = chilling, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, eerie, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].
    Ex. The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.
    * * *
    adjetivo <crimen/escena> horrifying; < cifra> staggering, incredible
    * * *
    = chilling, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, eerie, creepy [creepier -comp., creepiest -sup.].

    Ex: The article is entitled ' Chilling admissions: the affirmative action crisis and the search for alternatives'.

    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex: For me, it's like those really creepy films I used to like watching when I was a kid.

    * * *
    ‹crimen/escena› horrifying; ‹cifra› staggering, incredible
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    escalofriante adjetivo ‹crimen/escena› horrifying;
    ‹ cifra› staggering, incredible
    escalofriante adjetivo hair-raising, chilling, horrifying
    ' escalofriante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grito
    English:
    chilling
    - sickening
    - spine-chilling
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    spine-chilling
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    adj horrifying
    * * *
    : horrifying, bloodcurdling
    * * *
    escalofriante adj horrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > escalofriante

  • 17 estremecedor

    adj.
    shaking, shocking, striking.
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    1 startling
    2 (grito) bloodcurdling
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    ADJ alarming, disturbing
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    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex. The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex. In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex. This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo <escena/noticia> horrifying; <grito/relato> spine-chilling, hair-raising
    * * *
    = eerie, heart-rending, heart-rendering, touching, spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, groundshaking, heart-wrenching, thrilling.

    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.

    Ex: Their heart-rending plight stretching over centuries is a blot on Indian civilization.
    Ex: The book makes harrowing reading, charting the relentless disintegration of Schumann's mental and physical faculties, with equally heart-rendering intervals of lucidity and self-awareness.
    Ex: In a world of daily genocide, where two-thirds of humanity are condemned, it is touching to see a spark of what solidarity can do.
    Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.
    Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: Which just goes to show that truth is always, always, always more amazing, more heart-wrenching, more fantastic than anyone's imagination.
    Ex: This makes autobiography a thrilling ingredient of biography.

    * * *
    ‹escena/noticia/relato› horrifying, hair-raising
    un grito estremecedor a spine-chilling cry
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    estremecedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo ‹escena/noticia› horrifying;


    ‹grito/relato› spine-chilling, hair-raising
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    estremecedor, -ora adj
    [ruido, grito] horrifying, ghastly; [crimen, imágenes, historia] horrifying, appalling
    * * *
    adj terrifying
    * * *
    : horrifying

    Spanish-English dictionary > estremecedor

  • 18 sobrecogedor

    adj.
    overwhelming, enthralling, breathtaking, spellbinding.
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    1 (conmovedor) dramatic, awesome
    2 (que da miedo) frightening
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    ADJ
    1) [paisaje, silencio] imposing, impressive
    2) (=horrible) horrific
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    - dora adjetivo shocking, horrific
    * * *
    = daunting, eerie, breathtaking, gripping, hair-raising, groundshaking, overwhelming.
    Ex. One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.
    Ex. Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex. This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex. The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.
    Ex. This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex. The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
    ----
    * paisaje sobrecogedor = breathtaking scenery.
    * vista sobrecogedora = breathtaking view.
    * * *
    - dora adjetivo shocking, horrific
    * * *
    = daunting, eerie, breathtaking, gripping, hair-raising, groundshaking, overwhelming.

    Ex: One of the most daunting aspect of music cataloguing arises from the fact that music and music recordings have international value.

    Ex: Undoubtedly in Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' we are meant to feel the eerie terror of Oliver's first night spent with the coffins in the undertaker's workshop, where he is made to sleep.
    Ex: This breathtaking building is 213 meters long and has over 300 windows.
    Ex: The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.
    Ex: This ' hair-raising' experience will allow students to have a better understanding of what energy is and why it's so important.
    Ex: The author gives an insider's perspective on what it feels like to be an Arab since the groundshaking events of 1967 when Arab hopes were unexpectedly shattered by the outcome of the Arab Israeli war.
    Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
    * paisaje sobrecogedor = breathtaking scenery.
    * vista sobrecogedora = breathtaking view.

    * * *
    1 (conmovedor) ‹experiencia/silencio› moving
    2 (espantoso) shocking, horrific
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    sobrecogedor
    ◊ - dora adjetivo

    shocking, horrific
    sobrecogedor,-ora adjetivo eerie, awesome

    ' sobrecogedor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impresionante
    - sobrecogedora
    English:
    daunting
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    sobrecogedor, -ora adj
    1. [terrorífico] frightening, startling
    2. [impresionante] shocking, harrowing
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( que asusta) horrific, shocking
    2 ( que conmueve) moving

    Spanish-English dictionary > sobrecogedor

  • 19 rizzare

    put up
    bandiera raise
    orecchie prick up
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    rizzare1 v.tr.
    1 to raise, to erect: rizzare la bandiera, una vela, to hoist the flag, a sail; rizzare le orecchie, to prick up one's ears (anche fig.) (o fig. to strain one's ears); rizzare la testa, to raise one's head // è una storia che fa rizzare i capelli, it is a story which makes one's hair stand on end // rizzare la cresta, to grow proud (o insolent); ( darsi delle arie) to put on airs
    2 ( erigere) to erect, to raise; ( costruire) to build*: rizzare un monumento, to raise (o to erect) a monument; rizzare un muro, to build a wall.
    ◘ rizzarsi v.rifl. to stand* up: gli ordinai di rizzare, I ordered him to stand straight
    ◆ v.intr.pron. (di peli, capelli) to bristle: al cane si rizzò il pelo quando lo vide, the dog bristled when it saw him; a quelle parole mi si rizzarono i capelli, those words made my hair stand on end.
    rizzare2 v.tr. (mar.) to lash, to frap.
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    [rit'tsare]
    1. vt
    (palo) to erect, (tenda) to pitch, (coda) to raise, lift, (orecchie) to prick up

    rizzarsi in piedi — to stand up, get to one's feet

    3. vip (rizzarsi)
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    [rit'tsare] 1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) to raise [palo, testa, coda]
    2) (erigere) to put* up, to erect [statua, edificio]; to put* up, to pitch, to erect [ tenda]
    2.
    verbo pronominale rizzarsi
    1) (alzarsi, sollevarsi) to stand* up, to straighten up
    2) [ capelli] to stand* on end; [ peli] to bristle
    ••

    fare rizzare i capelli in testa a qcn. — to make sb.'s hair curl o stand on end

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    rizzare
    /rit'tsare/ [1]
     1 to raise [palo, testa, coda]; rizzare le orecchie to prick up one's ears (anche fig.); il gatto ha rizzato il pelo the cat's fur bristled
     2 (erigere) to put* up, to erect [statua, edificio]; to put* up, to pitch, to erect [ tenda]
    II rizzarsi verbo pronominale
     1 (alzarsi, sollevarsi) to stand* up, to straighten up
     2 [ capelli] to stand* on end; [ peli] to bristle
    fare rizzare i capelli in testa a qcn. to make sb.'s hair curl o stand on end; da fare rizzare i capelli hair-raising.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rizzare

  • 20 halsbrecherisch

    Adj. hair-raising, highly dangerous; Tempo etc.: breakneck
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    breakneck
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    hạls|bre|che|risch ['halsbrɛçərɪʃ]
    1. adj
    dangerous, risky; Tempo breakneck; Fahrt hair-raising; Weg treacherous
    2. adv
    herumturnen, klettern recklessly

    halsbrecherisch schnell/rasant/wild — at breakneck pace; fahren at breakneck speed

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    ((usually of speed) dangerous: He drove at breakneck speed.) breakneck
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    hals·bre·che·risch
    [ˈhalsbrɛçərɪʃ]
    adj breakneck attr
    * * *
    Adjektiv dangerous, risky <climb, action, etc.>; hazardous < road>; breakneck attrib. < speed>
    * * *
    halsbrecherisch adj hair-raising, highly dangerous; Tempo etc: breakneck
    * * *
    Adjektiv dangerous, risky <climb, action, etc.>; hazardous < road>; breakneck attrib. < speed>
    * * *
    adj.
    breakneck adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > halsbrecherisch

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