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Adjective chilling has 1 sense
- chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery - so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
Antonym: unalarming (indirect, via alarming)
Noun chilling has 1 sense
- cooling, chilling, temperature reduction - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
--1 is a kind of temperature change
--1 has particulars:
Verb chill has 3 senses
- chill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
--1 is one way to depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
Sample sentence:
The bad news will chill him
- cool, chill, cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
They chill the water
- cool, chill, cool down - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
--3 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
The water chills
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