- chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery - so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
Antonym: unalarming (indirect, via alarming)
- cooling, chilling, temperature reduction - the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
--1 is a kind of temperature change
--1 has particulars:freeze, freezing; heat dissipation; refrigeration, infrigidation Derived forms: verb chill2, verb chill3
- chill - depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
--1 is one way to depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun chill4
The bad news will chill him
- cool, chill, cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun chill1, noun chilling1
They chill the water
- cool, chill, cool down - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
--3 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun chill1, noun chilling1
The water chills