spine-chilling

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English

Adjective

spine-chilling (comparative more spine-chilling, superlative most spine-chilling)

  1. Inducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction.
    The children's mother was worried that the spine-chilling ghost film would give them nightmares.

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References

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/spine-chilling