Definitions for chilling
chill·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cooling, chilling, temperature reductionadjective

   the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

2. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shudderyadjective

   provoking fear terror

   "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chillingadjective

   Becoming cold.

2. chillingadjective

   Causing mild fear.

   It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it

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1. chilling

   Chilling generally refers to the process of cooling something down, often food or drinks, to a lower but not necessarily freezing temperature. It can also refer in a colloquial sense to relaxing or the act of doing nothing in particular. In a different context, it can mean frightening or scary, as in a 'chilling tale'. The exact meaning depends on the context in which it is used.

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1. Chilling

   of Chill

2. Chillingadjective

   making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner

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1. Chilling

   Relaxing, resting, kicked back

   She was chilling on the coach. Me and my friends where chilling at the house.

   
   

   Submitted by jazmine_s on October 28, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chilling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chilling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of chilling in a Sentence

1. Thomas Carlyle:

   Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May but at length the season of summer does come.

2. Thomas Bach:

   When I afterwards saw how she was received by her closest entourage, with such, what appeared to be a tremendous coldness, it was chilling to see this, rather than giving her comfort, rather than to try to help her, you could feel this chilling atmosphere, this distance.

3. Director Becky Foster:

   He's been cared for very well, we're happy to have him here as long as need be. He has toys and blankies and he's just chilling.

4. David DeLugas:

   It has such a chilling effect where now Melissa is afraid she can never leave her children home alone, even for a short period of time, even with the now 15-year-old daughter in charge of the other kids, because she could get arrested again, it has a chilling impact on everybody in the state who hears about this type of thing.

5. Joseph Sobran:

   People who create things nowadays can expect to be prosecuted by highly moralistic people who are incapable of creating anything. There is no way to measure the chilling effect on innovation that results from the threats of taxation, regulation and prosecution against anything that succeeds. We’ll never know how many ideas our government has aborted in the name protecting us.

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