Chilling

Adjective

 * 1) Becoming cold.
 * 2) *1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:
 * As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
 * 1) Causing mild fear.
 * It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it

Verb
chilling



Thesaurus
ache, aching, adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization, adiabatic expansion, air conditioning, air cooling, alarming, algific, awing, blast freezing, blast-freezing, chilblains, chill, chilliness, cold creeps, cold shivers, congealing, congealment, congelation, cooling, creeps, cryogenics, cryopathy, daunting, deep freezing, dehydrofreezing, deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, dithers, duck bumps, electric refrigeration, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, food freezing, freezable, freezing, frightening, frightful, frigorific, frostbite, gas refrigeration, glaciable, glaciation, glacification, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, horripilation, infrigidation, kibe, mechanical refrigeration, overawing, quick freezing, quick-freezing, reduction of temperature, refreezing, refrigerant, refrigeration, refrigerative, refrigeratory, regelation, scaring, scary, sharp freezing, sharp-freezing, shivering, shivers, startling, super-cooling

Derived terms

 * bone-chilling