hair-raising

Modifies a noun

• ride: Alistair has had a hair-raising ride to The Bull in Kenton's courtesy car.
• tale: He recounts some hair-raising tales of the treatment methods of the day.
• adventure: And Joe is ready to tackle the most hair-raising adventures!
• moment: These stunts raised £ 650, with every hair-raising moment captured on video!
• journey: What followed was a hair-raising journey over hills and round the coast, on roads just big enough to take the coach.
• experience: Evening Post A Llanelli teacher had a hair-raising experience to collect cash for charity.

Modifying Another Word

• quite: Dugout canoe ride at Chitwan It was quite hair-raising getting into these canoes and balancing while clutching haversacks, binoculars and telescopes.
• pretty: Pretty hair-raising stuff if you look at the figures you have obtained already!
• rather: Cue a six-hour - rather hair-raising drive - along a road packed with rumbling lorries, busses, motorcycles and pedestrians.
• little: Others have crossover sections, which can be a little hair-raising!
• somewhat: The balloon, named The Dudley Castle, was that in which the Colonel took a somewhat hair-raising trip in 1882.
• fairly: We heard some fairly hair-raising tales of corruption, especially in areas of land ownership and the business sector.