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chilling

adj
/ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.

  1. inherited from chilling

Definitions

  1. Becoming cold.

    • As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.

  2. Causing cold.

  3. Causing mild fear.

    • It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. present participle and gerund of chill

    2. The act by which something is chilled.

      • To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA