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horripilate
  1. v. have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

  2. cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"

Usage examples of "horripilate".

In the blind hole of sex she waltzed like a trained mouse, her jaws unhinged like a snake's, her skin horripilating in barbed plumes.