chilling

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/

Adjective

chilling

1. Becoming cold.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 22:

     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.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

     Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

Translations

• Spanish: escalofriante
• Portuguese: aterrorizante
• Italian: spaventoso
• French: effrayant
• German: gruselig, unheimlich, grauenerregend

Verb

1. present participle of chill#English|chill

Noun

chilling (plural chillings)

1. The act by which something is chilled.

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