ALL meanings of chilling
chill·ing
C c - adjective chilling If you describe something as chilling, you mean it is frightening. 3
- adjective chilling moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly: a chill wind. 1
- adjective chilling frightening 1
- adjective chilling shivering with or affected by cold; chilly. 1
- adjective chilling depressing or discouraging: chill prospects. 1
- adjective chilling Slang. cool (def 14). 1
- adjective chilling unduly formal; unfriendly; chilly: a chill reception. 1
- noun chilling coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening. 1
- noun chilling a sensation of cold, usually with shivering: She felt a slight chill from the open window. 1
- noun chilling a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm. 1
- noun chilling sudden coldness of the body, as during the cold stage of an ague: fevers and chills. 1
- noun chilling Becoming cold. 1
- noun chilling a depressing influence or sensation: His presence cast a chill over everyone. 1
- noun chilling lack of warmth of feeling; unfriendliness; coolness. 1
- noun chilling Foundry. an inserted object or a surface in a mold capable of absorbing large amounts of heat, used to harden the surface of a casting or to increase its rate of solidification at a specific point. 1
- noun chilling bloom1 (def 12). 1
- verb without object chilling to become cold: The earth chills when the sun sets. 1
- verb without object chilling to be seized with a chill; shiver with cold or fear. 1
- verb without object chilling Foundry. (of a casting) to become hard on the surface by contact with a chill or chills. 1
- verb without object chilling Slang. to calm down; relax (often followed by out). 1
- verb with object chilling to affect with cold; make chilly: The rain has chilled me to the bone. 1
- verb with object chilling to make cool: Chill the wine before serving. 1
- verb with object chilling to depress; discourage; deter: The news chilled his hopes. 1
- verb with object chilling Foundry. to harden the surface of (a casting) by casting it in a mold having a chill or chills. 1
- verb with object chilling bloom1 (def 22). 1
- verb with object chilling Slang. to kill; murder. 1
- idioms chilling take a chill pill, Slang. See chill pill (def 2). 1
- noun chilling The act by which something is chilled. 0
- verb chilling present participle of chill. 0
- adjective chilling Causing cold. 0
- adjective chilling Causing mild fear. 0