Bone-chilling

//ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very cold.

    "I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December."

  2. 2
    Causing great terror or horror; blood-curdling. figuratively

    "Ever since that bone-chilling post-Super Bowl two-parter […] Reid just can't say no to drugs."

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brickcoldfrosty

Antonyms

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hot

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"The wind off the beach is bone-chilling."

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