Meanings
plural horripilations
- countableuncountableA real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goose flesh, piloerection, pilomotor reflex
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
More synonyms by meaning
nounreflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinhorripilatio
- Late Latinhorripilatio
- Englishhorripilation
Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian настръхване
- настръхване (nastrăhvane)bristling of the hair — see also goose bump
Finnish kananliha
- kananlihabristling of the hair — see also goose bump
Russian гуси́ная ко́жа
- гуси́ная ко́жа (gusínaja kóža)bristling of the hair — see also goose bump
Spanish escalofríos, horripilación (disused)
- escalofríosbristling of the hair — see also goose bump
- horripilación (disused)bristling of the hair — see also goose bump
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with horripilation
Cite this entry
horripilation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horripilation
“horripilation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horripilation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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