Word Study
chilled |
chiller |
chilli |
chilli pepper |
chilliness |
chilling
| chillness
| chills and fever
| chilly
| chiloe
| chilognath
chilling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chilling has 1 sense
- chilling(n = noun.process) cooling, temperature reduction - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature; Array has particulars: freeze, freezing, heat dissipation, infrigidation, refrigeration
is a kind of temperature change
Derived forms verb chill3, verb chill2
Adjective chilling has 1 sense
- chilling(s = adj.all) scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery - provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
CIDE DICTIONARY
chilling, a.
Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
THESAURUS
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
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