horripilant
French, adjective/ɔ.ʁi.pi.lɑ̃/
horripilant is spelled H-O-R-R-I-P-I-L-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Horripilant is a French adjective meaning “exasperating, infuriating, horripilating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of horripiler. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui horripile ; qui énerve ou qui agace. Qui est exaspérant, énervant, insupportable”.
What does horripilant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exasperating, infuriating, horripilating
verb
- 1
present participle of horripiler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui horripile ; qui énerve ou qui agace. Qui est exaspérant, énervant, insupportable.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of horripilant
- horripilante feminine
- horripilants masculine plural
- horripilantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce horripilant?
- /ɔ.ʁi.pi.lɑ̃/
- \ɔ.ʁi.pi.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is horripilant in French?
horripilant appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).