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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for chilling:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

chilling
    adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
           terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
           [syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
           shuddery]
    n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
         cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chilling \Chill"ing\, a.
   Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold;
   distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. --
   Chill"ing"ly, adv.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chill \Chill\, v. t. [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.
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            When winter chilled the day.          --Goldsmith.
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   2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress;
      to discourage.
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            Every thought on God chills the gayety of his
            spirits.                              --Rogers.
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   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.
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