/ Dictionary / Index H hair-raising: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: hair-rais•ing Pronunciation: (hâr'rā"zing), [key] — adj. terrifying or horrifying: We had a hair-raising brush with death. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: hair-raising (Thesaurus) hair-raiser hairsbreadth Related Content Daily Word Quiz: sequester Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language