Chilling

//ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ//

Synonyms for "chilling" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

alarming cooling ache aching adiabatic absorption adiabatic demagnetization adiabatic expansion air conditioning air cooling algific awing blast freezing blast-freezing chilblain chilblains chill chilliness cold cold creeps

Strong matches (27)

cold shivers congealing congealment congelation cool creeps cryogenics cryopathy daunting deep freezing dehydrofreezing deterrent deterring disconcerting discouraging disheartening dismaying disquieting dither dithers

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duck bumps electric refrigeration fear inspiring fear-inspiring fearful

Noun(1 words)

cooling

Adjective(1 words)

eerie

Related words (46)

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Adjective(1 words)

grim

Adjective(3 words)

scary shivery shuddery

Noun(1 words)

temperature reduction

Slang(1 words)

vibing

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

1 entries

temperature change

Synonyms

1 entries

cooling

derived

5 entries

blast chilling bone-chilling chilling effect chillingly chillingness

derived from

3 entries

chill chilliness chilly

form of

1 entries

chill

is a

1 entries

cooling process

related to

4 entries

causing chill cold fear

similar

3 entries

alarming spoopy

Translations

24 translations across 10 languages.

Arabic

3 entries

زاحف adj (causing mild fear)
مخيف adj (causing mild fear)
مرعبه adj (causing mild fear)

Catalan

3 entries

esgarrifós adj (causing mild fear)
glaçador adj (causing mild fear)
refrescant adj (causing cold)

Danish

2 entries

skræmmende adj (causing mild fear)
uhyggelig adj (causing mild fear)

Finnish

4 entries

jäähdyttävä adj (causing cold)
jäähtyvä adj (becoming cold)
paleleva adj (becoming cold)
pelottava adj (causing mild fear)

French

1 entries

effrayant adj (causing mild fear)

German

3 entries

grauenerregend adj (causing mild fear)
gruselig adj (causing mild fear)
unheimlich adj (causing mild fear)

Italian

1 entries

spaventoso adj (causing mild fear)

Portuguese

1 entries

aterrorizante adj (causing mild fear)

Spanish

2 entries

escalofriante adj (causing mild fear)
espeluznante adj (causing mild fear)

Swedish

2 entries

kylning adj (causing cold)
läskigt adj (causing mild fear)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We're just chilling.

Source: tatoeba (1876101)

The implications are chilling.

Source: tatoeba (5732016)

Sami recounted the details of his crimes with a chilling lack of emotion.

Source: tatoeba (6577676)

Somewhere there, on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast, his heart full of malignancy against the whole race which had cast him out. It needed but this to complete the grim suggestiveness of the barren waste, the chilling wind, and the darkling sky.

Source: tatoeba (6606609)

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