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- Dictionarychilling/ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. horrifying or frightening: "a chilling account of the prisoners' fate"
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: gravely disturbing or frightening. a chilling case of abuse. chillingly. ˈchi-liŋ-lē. adverb. chilling. 2 of 2. present participle of chill entry 3. Synonyms. Adjective. bitter. bleak. chilly. nipping. nippy. raw. sharp. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of chilling in a Sentence.
uk / ˈtʃɪl.ɪŋ / us / ˈtʃɪl.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. 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.
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 /
Definition of chilling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Chilling definition: causing or likely to cause a chill. See examples of CHILLING used in a sentence.
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.
the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes. a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes.
Definition of chilling – Learner’s Dictionary. chilling. adjective. uk / ˈtʃɪlɪŋ / us. Add to word list. very frightening: a chilling tale. (Definition of chilling from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of chilling. in Chinese (Traditional) 令人恐懼的，令人不寒而慄的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 令人恐惧的，令人不寒而栗的…
1. : a feeling of cold accompanied by shivering. chills and fever. 2. : a strong sensation of shivering especially from an emotion (as fear) often used in plural. gave me chills. 3. : a moderate but unpleasant amount of cold. there was a chill in the air.
