HAIR STAND ON END

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hair stand on End Indicative of intense mental distress and astonishment. Dr. Andrews, of Beresford chapel, Walworth, who attended Probert under sentence of death, says: "When the executioner put the cords on his wrists, his hair, though long and lanky, of a weak iron-grey, rose gradually and stood perfectly upright, and so remained for some time, and then fell gradually down again." "Fear came upon me and trembling, ... [and] the hair of my flesh stood up." - Job iv. 14, 15. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: HAIR STAND ON END

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Fear	Make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble;
Pain	Sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder.
Wonder	Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Expression: HAIR STAND ON END

Modern Translation: HAIR STAND ON END

Language		Translations for "HAIR STAND ON END"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		hajmeresztő (gruesome, hair-raising, it's enough to make your hair stand on end), az ember haja szála égnek áll tőle (it's enough to make your hair stand on end). (various references)

Pig Latin		airhay andstay onay enday
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HAIR STAND ON END

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-e-h-i-n-n-n-o-r-s-t"
	-3 letters: nonstandard.
	-4 letters: andantinos, andradites, anhedonias, ironhanded, senatorian.
	-5 letters: adnations, aerations, andantino, andradite, anhedonia, anointers, antherids, antinodes, dihedrons, handstand, hardstand, headstand, hosannaed, indentors, inthroned, inthrones, ordinands, ordinates, reanoints, rhatanies, roadstead, senhorita, tarnished.
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Alternative Orthography: HAIR STAND ON END

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Specialty Definition: HAIR STAND ON END

Expression using "HAIR STAND ON END": make one's hair stand on end. Additional references.
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