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1. Coldness due to a cold environment
   - iciness, gelidity
    
2. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   "a chill of surprise shot through him";
   - frisson, shiver, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
    
3. A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
   - shivering
    
4. A sudden numbing dread
   - pall

1. Depress or discourage
   "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
    
2. Make cool or cooler
   "Chill the food";
   - cool, cool down
    
3. Lose heat
   "The air chilled considerably after the thunderstorm";
   - cool, cool down

1. [N. Amer, informal] Relaxed and informal in attitude or standards
   - easygoing, easy-going
    
2. Appreciably or disagreeably cold
   - chilly, parky [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: chills, chiller, chilling, chilled, chillest

See also: cold, undemanding

Type of: alter, apprehension, apprehensiveness, cast down, change, change state, cold, coldness, deject, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, frigidity, frigidness, get down, low temperature, misgiving, modify, symptom, turn

Encyclopedia: Chill, dummy