Diccionario ingles.comDiccionario ingles.com
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Horripilation   Listen
Horripilation

noun
1.
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.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Horripilation" Quotes from Famous Books



... and of none being seen. He, and He only, is the Dweller on high. Extolled be His perfection! There is no god but He!" When Jamrkan heard these words, the ears of his heart were opened; his skin shuddered with horripilation and he said, "O my lord, what shall I say that I may become of you and that this mighty Lord may accept of me?" Replied Gharib, "Say, 'There is no god but the God and Abraham the Friend is the Apostle of God!'" " So he pronounced the ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 7 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Horripilation" :   inborn reflex, horripilate, reflex, innate reflex, physiological reaction, unconditioned reflex, reflex action, reflex response, instinctive reflex


Copyright © 2024 Diccionario ingles.com