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spine-chilling

[spine-chilling] {adj.} Terrifying; causing great fear. * /Many children find the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling./ * /A was spine-chilling to learn that a murderer was in our neighborhood./ Compare: [HAIR STAND […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

spine-tingling

[spine-tingling] {adj.} Very exciting; thrilling. * /Our ride up the mountain in a chair lift was spine-tingling./ * /The children's plane ride was a spine-tingling adventure to them./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[hair stand on end] {informal} The hair of your head rises stiffly upwards as a sign or result of great fright or horror. * /When he heard the strange cry, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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