chilling
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chilling¹
- /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪlɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
adjective more chilling · most chilling
- Becoming cold. As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
- Causing cold.
- Causing mild fear. It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.
verb
- present participle and gerund of chill
chilling²
- /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪlɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English chilling, chillyng, chyllynge, equivalent to chill + -ing.
noun chillings
- The act by which something is chilled. To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cooling, shivery, shuddery, scary, alarming, scarey, temperature reduction, chilly, cold, frigid, freezing, icy, frozen, refrigerate, refrigeration, frost
Translations
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adj causing mild fear
| Español | escalofriante, espeluznante |
|---|---|
| Português | aterrorizante |
| Français | effrayant |
| Deutsch | gruselig, unheimlich, grauenerregend |
| Italiano | spaventoso |
| العربية | مرعبه, مخيف, زاحف |
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title = {chilling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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