Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Adjective: chilling  chi-ling
  1. Provoking fear or terror
    "a chilling movie"; "a spine-chilling movie";
    - scary, shivery, shuddery, spine-chilling
Noun: chilling  chi-ling
  1. The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
    - cooling, temperature reduction
Verb: chill  chil
  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

Derived forms: chillings

See also: alarming

Type of: alter, cast down, change, change state, deject, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down, modify, temperature change, turn

Encyclopedia: Chilling

Chill, dummy