chilling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chilling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for chilling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chilling adj provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" Synonym(s): chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery n the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn: cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chill \Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chilled} (ch[cc]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chilling}.] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith. 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. --Rogers. 3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chilling \Chill"ing\, a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- {Chill"ing"ly}, adv.