Spine-tingling

adj

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Adjective

1
Scary, exciting or exhilarating. idiomatic
"Inside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems."

Synonyms

buggish buttock-clenching dismayful exciting exhilarating flaysome

Antonyms

Example

"Inside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems."

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