[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chilling \Chill"ing\, a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold;
distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. --
Chill"ing"ly, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chill \Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (ch[i^]ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. Chilling.]
1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to
shiver; to affect with cold.
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When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith.
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2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress;
to discourage.
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Every thought on God chills the gayety of his
spirits. --Rogers.
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3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of
crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to
increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chilling
adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "chilling":
ache, aching, adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization,
adiabatic expansion, air conditioning, air cooling, alarming,
algific, awing, blast freezing, blast-freezing, chilblains, chill,
chilliness, cold creeps, cold shivers, congealing, congealment,
congelation, cooling, creeps, cryogenics, cryopathy, daunting,
deep freezing, dehydrofreezing, deterrent, deterring,
disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting,
dithers, duck bumps, electric refrigeration, fear-inspiring,
fearful, fearsome, food freezing, freezable, freezing, frightening,
frightful, frigorific, frostbite, gas refrigeration, glaciable,
glaciation, glacification, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh,
horripilation, infrigidation, kibe, mechanical refrigeration,
overawing, quick freezing, quick-freezing,
reduction of temperature, refreezing, refrigerant, refrigeration,
refrigerative, refrigeratory, regelation, scaring, scary,
sharp freezing, sharp-freezing, shivering, shivers, startling,
super-cooling