chilling

UK /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/ US /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Becoming cold.

As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.

2

Causing cold.

3

Causing mild fear.

It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.

22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

noun

1

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 […]

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