bone-chilling UK /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/US /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/ adjective2 •Very cold.I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December. — 1861 •(figurative) Causing great terror or horror; blood-curdling.Ever since that bone-chilling post-Super Bowl two-parter […] Reid just can't say no to drugs. — 2007 formsmore bone-chilling · most bone-chilling