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悚然

sǒng rán

2-character word

What 悚然 means

1. frightened
2. terrified

The characters in 悚然

• 悚sǒngfrightened
• 然ráncorrect; right; so

Words containing 悚然

• 毛骨悚然máo gǔ sǒng ránto have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold

Sounds the same

Read sǒng rán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 竦然variant of 悚然

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