horripilation as a noun: - 1
horripilation
noun
1 horripilation
Reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation.
synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, pilomotor reflex.
Roget 383:
cold,
coldness
etc.
adj.;
frigidity,
inclemency,
fresco.
winter;
depth of winter,
hard winter;
Siberia,
Nova Zembla;
wind-chill factor.
[forms of frozen water]
ice;
snow,
snowflake,
snow crystal,
snow drift;
sleet;
hail,
hailstone;
rime,
frost;
hoar frost,
white frost,
hard frost,
sharp frost;
barf;
glaze [U.S.],
lolly [U.S.];
icicle,
thick-ribbed ice;
fall of snow,
heavy fall;
iceberg,
icefloe;
floe berg;
glacier;
nev_ee,
serac†;
pruina†.
[cold substances]
freezing mixture,
dry ice,
liquid nitrogen,
liquid helium.
[Sensation of cold]
chilliness
etc.
adj.;
chill;
shivering
etc.
v.;
goose skin,
horripilation†;
rigor;
chattering of teeth;
numbness,
frostbite.
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Dutch: kippenvel, kippevel, spasmodermie
Moby thesaurus: ache, aching, agitation, broken ground, broken water, chilblains, chill, chilliness, chilling, chills of fear, chop, cold creeps, cold shivers, cold sweat, corduroy, corduroy road, corrugation, creeps, cryopathy, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, duck bumps, fear and trembling, frostbite, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, heartquake, inquietude, jimjams, kibe, lop, nervousness, palpitation, perturbation, quaking, quiver of terror, ripple, rough, sandpaper, shivering, shivers, sweat, thrill of fear, trepidation, trepidity, uneasiness, washboard ... show more.
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