Adjective chilling has 1 sense
  1. 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)
,Noun chilling has 1 sense
  1. 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
,Verb chill has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived form: noun chill4
    Sample sentence:
    The bad news will chill him
  2. cool, chill, cool down - make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun chill1, noun chilling1
    Sample sentence:
    They chill the water
  3. cool, chill, cool down - loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
    --3 is one way to change state, turn
    Derived forms: noun chill1, noun chilling1
    Sample sentence:
    The water chills
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