Associations to the word «Chilling»

Wiktionary

CHILLING, adjective. Becoming cold.
CHILLING, adjective. Causing cold.
CHILLING, adjective. Causing mild fear.
CHILLING, verb. Present participle of chill
CHILLING, noun. The act by which something is chilled.
CHILLING EFFECT, noun. (legal) A discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech.
CHILLING EFFECTS, noun. Plural of chilling effect
CHILLING OUT, verb. Present participle of chill out

Dictionary definition

CHILLING, noun. The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature.
CHILLING, adjective. Provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge".

Wise words

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