horripilar

v.

1 to terrify, to scare to death.

2 to horripilate, to terrify, to horrify.

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horripilar

► verbo transitivo

1 to horrify, scare stiff, give the creeps

■ los detalles del asesinato los horripilaron the details of the murder made their hair stand on end

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1.

VT

horripilar a algn — to make sb's hair stand on end, horrify sb, give sb the creeps *

2.

See:

horripilarse

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verbo transitivo to horrify, terrify

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= horrify.

Ex. In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified by what they found the people reading.

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verbo transitivo to horrify, terrify

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= horrify.

Ex: In the early nineteenth century the various education societies were horrified by what they found the people reading.

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horripilar [A1 ]

vt

to horrify, terrify

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horripilar vt

1. [dar terror] to terrify, to scare to death;

me horripilan las arañas I'm terrified of spiders

2. [repugnar] to horrify

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horripilar

v/t horrify

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horripilar vt

: to horrify, to terrify