Sekirov Dictionary

chilling

/ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Becoming cold.
- As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles. — 1936
•
Causing mild fear.
- It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://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.
Causing cold.

noun1

•
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 […] — 2004

forms

chillings · more chilling · most chilling

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