✅ Hair-raising means terrifying or horrifying (The ghost tour was a hair-raising experience).
✅ Spine-chilling means very frightening (The novel was absolutely spine-chilling).
✅ Both of these words describe how you might feel about a horror story or movie—and both words reflect different bodily sensations you might have while reading that story or watching that movie!
✅ Magnetism refers to the power to attract and charm people (The politician's magnetism made her very popular).
✅ Allure refers to charm or appeal (The allure of a new video game was too much to resist).
✅ Both of these words refer to a power to attract or charm. Magnetism is generally something that people have, whereas both people and things can have allure.
✅ Despondent describes feeling or expressing a strong sense of hopelessness or discouragement (I felt despondent after getting bad grades).
✅ Morose describes being gloomy, sullen, or bad-tempered (She was unusually morose during the journey).
✅ Morose and despondent both describe feeling gloomy and unhappy.
✅ Despondent suggests a very strong sense of dejectedness, whereas morose emphasizes a more grumpy kind of gloom.