bone-chilling
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
Adjective

bone-chilling (not comparable)

  1. Very cold.
    • 1861, "Volunteers at Hythe", Charles Dickens (editor), All the Year Round, volume IV, p. 402:
      I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December.
  2. (figuratively) With a strong physical or psychological unpleasant effect.
    • 2007, Jonathan Small, Chic geek: Ex model Matthew Gray Gubler channels his inner nerd on Criminal Minds, in TV guide'', February 26, p. 23:
      Ever since that bone-chilling post-Super Bowl two-parter […] Reid just can't say no to drugs.



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