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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature;
[syn: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. provoking fear terror;
- Example: "a scary movie"
- Example: "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. [1913 Webster] Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. --Rogers. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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]