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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chill \Chill\, verb (used with an object) [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.
When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith.
2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. --Rogers.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chilling \Chill"ing\, adjective Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- {Chill"ing"ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chilling
adjective: so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: {scarey}, {scary}, {shivery}, {shuddery}]
noun: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn: {cooling}, {temperature reduction}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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