Chilling
['tʃɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) provoking fear terror; 'a scary movie'; 'the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge' .
Editor: Thea--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chill
(a.) Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
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Examples
- Nothing but a chilling dimness was seen or felt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- For the moment, Will's admiration was accompanied with a chilling sense of remoteness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- HALF England was desolate, when October came, and the equinoctial winds swept over the earth, chilling the ardours of the unhealthy season. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No sea-fog; no chilling damp: mistless as noon, and fresh as morning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the eyes of Mr. Guppy she is the same Lady Dedlock, holding the same prepared, proud, chilling state. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He paused, and she returned with a chilling smile: You are mistaken in one point, Mr. Rosedale: whatever I enjoy I am prepared to settle for. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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