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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