Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hair-raiser

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: hair-rais-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something which scares or causes fear; something hair-raising.

Etymology

From hair-raising + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hair-raising

Inflected Forms

hair-raisers (plural) hair raiser (alternative)

Synonyms

chiller

Questions

What does hair-raiser mean?: Something which scares or causes fear; something hair-raising.
Where does hair-raiser come from?: From hair-raising + -er.

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