chilling

chilling
    adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
           terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
           [syn: {chilling}, {scarey}, {scary}, {shivery},
           {shuddery}]
    n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
         {cooling}, {chilling}, {temperature reduction}]
    

Chilling \Chill"ing\, a.
   Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold;
   distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. --
   {Chill"ing"ly}, adv.
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Chill \Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chilled} (ch[i^]ld); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Chilling}.]
   1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to
      shiver; to affect with cold.
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            When winter chilled the day.          --Goldsmith.
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   2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress;
      to discourage.
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            Every thought on God chills the gayety of his
            spirits.                              --Rogers.
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   3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of
      crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to
      increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "chilling":
      ache, aching, adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization,
      adiabatic expansion, air conditioning, air cooling, alarming,
      algific, awing, blast freezing, blast-freezing, chilblains, chill,
      chilliness, cold creeps, cold shivers, congealing, congealment,
      congelation, cooling, creeps, cryogenics, cryopathy, daunting,
      deep freezing, dehydrofreezing, deterrent, deterring,
      disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting,
      dithers, duck bumps, electric refrigeration, fear-inspiring,
      fearful, fearsome, food freezing, freezable, freezing, frightening,
      frightful, frigorific, frostbite, gas refrigeration, glaciable,
      glaciation, glacification, goose bumps, goose pimples, gooseflesh,
      horripilation, infrigidation, kibe, mechanical refrigeration,
      overawing, quick freezing, quick-freezing,
      reduction of temperature, refreezing, refrigerant, refrigeration,
      refrigerative, refrigeratory, regelation, scaring, scary,
      sharp freezing, sharp-freezing, shivering, shivers, startling,
      super-cooling