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- Dictionarychilling/ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. horrifying or frightening: "a chilling account of the prisoners' fate"
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The meaning of CHILLING is gravely disturbing or frightening. How to use chilling in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈtʃɪl.ɪŋ / us / ˈtʃɪl.ɪŋ / Add to word list. frightening: a chilling tale. The monument stands as a chilling reminder of man's inhumanity to man. Synonym. scary informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Describing things that cause fear. awesomely. awesomeness. bloodcurdling. chillingly. fearsomely. frighteningly.
Chilling definition: causing or likely to cause a chill. See examples of CHILLING used in a sentence.
a sudden unpleasant feeling, especially of fear: I suddenly realized, with a chill of apprehension, the danger ahead. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idioms. send chills down/up someone's spine.
1. a. : a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering (as due to illness) He had caught a chill that night, and was now down with a fever. Wilkie Collins. usually plural. If you have a cough, fever and chills and are not breathing as easily as usual, you might have a cold or the flu. Linda Searing.
n. 1. A moderate but penetrating coldness. 2. A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin. 3. A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy: bad news that put a chill on the celebration. 4. A sudden numbing fear or dread. adj. 1. Moderately cold; chilly: a chill wind. 2.
If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening. He described in chilling detail how he attacked her. American English : chilling / tˈʃɪlɪŋ /
