Feeling chilly, I turned on the heater.
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Chilly
//ˈt͡ʃɪli//
Synonyms for "chilly" (144 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescoordinate
4 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
3 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 24 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- халаднава́ты adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мразовит adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- отблъскващ adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- студе́н adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- студе́н adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 冷淡 adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- 寒冷 adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- 清涼 /清凉 adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Czech
1 entries- sychravý adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Danish
1 entries- kølig adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Dutch
3 entries- fris adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- kil adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- koel adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Esperanto
1 entries- malvarma adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Finnish
4 entries- jäätävä adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- jäätävä adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- kolea adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- kylmä adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
French
1 entries- froid adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Galician
2 entries- fría adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- frío adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
German
3 entries- frostig adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- kalt adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- kühl adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Greek
4 entries- κρύος adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- παγερός adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- ψυχρός adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- ψυχρός adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Japanese
3 entries- 冷たい adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- 寒い adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- 肌寒い adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Korean
1 entries- 쌀쌀하다 adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Latin
3 entries- algeo adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- frigeo adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- hostilis adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Macedonian
4 entries- ладен adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- ладен adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- недружељубив adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- недруштвен adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Portuguese
4 entries- frio adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- frio adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- frígido adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- gélido adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Romanian
1 entries- friguros adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Russian
4 entries- зя́бкий adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- недружелю́бный adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- неприве́тливый adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
- промо́зглый adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fionnar adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- fionnar adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Spanish
2 entries- frío adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- frío adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Swedish
2 entries- kylig adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- kylig adj (distant and cool; unfriendly)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прохоло́дний adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lạnh adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
- lạnh lẽo adj (cold enough to cause discomfort)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
The homeless sought shelter from the chilly shower.
Source: tatoeba (24192)
Even though I was sitting in the sun, I still felt chilly.
Source: tatoeba (34649)
I feel very chilly.
Source: tatoeba (37847)
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