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- Dictionarychilling/ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. horrifying or frightening: "a chilling account of the prisoners' fate"
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frightening: a chilling tale. The monument stands as a chilling reminder of man's inhumanity to man. Synonym. scary informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Describing things that cause fear. awesome. awesomely.
: gravely disturbing or frightening. a chilling case of abuse. chillingly. ˈchi-liŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. bitter. bleak. chilly. nipping. nippy. raw. sharp. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of chilling in a Sentence. a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter.
noun. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. synonyms: cooling, temperature reduction. see more. adjective. provoking fear or terror. synonyms: scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery. alarming. frightening because of an awareness of danger.
Chilling definition: causing or likely to cause a chill. See examples of CHILLING used in a sentence.
n. 1. A moderate but penetrating coldness. 2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin. 3. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration. 4. A sudden numbing fear or dread.
If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening. He described in chilling detail how he attacked her. American English : chilling / tˈʃɪlɪŋ /
a sudden unpleasant feeling, especially of fear: I suddenly realized, with a chill of apprehension, the danger ahead. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idioms. send chills down/up someone's spine.
frightening, usually because it is connected with something violent or cruel. The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. Definition of chilling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
chill (chil), n. coldness, esp. a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening. a sensation of cold, usually with shivering: She felt a slight chill from the open window. a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm.
a moderate coldness. 2. a sensation of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment, or from a sudden emotional reaction. 3. a feverish cold. 4. a check on enthusiasm or joy. 5. metallurgy. a metal plate placed in a sand mould to accelerate cooling and control local grain growth.
