chill
[noun]
Synonyms:
- cold, bite, coldness, coolness, crispness, frigidity, nip, rawness, sharpness
[verb]
Synonyms:
- cool, freeze, refrigerate
- dishearten, dampen, deject, depress, discourage, dismay
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- cold, biting, bleak, chilly, freezing, frigid, raw, sharp, wintry

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Contrasted words: easy, gregarious, informal, sociable
Related Words: distant, formal, reserved, solitary, standoffish, uncompanionable, withdrawn, abstracted, disinterested, uninterested

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. chill¹ /tʃɪl/ noun

1. [singular] a feeling of coldness:
There was a slight chill in the air.
morning/autumnal/January etc chill
Suddenly aware of the morning chill, she closed the window.
chill of
He sat in the chill of the evening, staring out over the city below.
I turned on the heater in the hall to take the chill off the house (=to heat it slightly).

2. [countable] a sudden feeling of fear or worry, especially because of something cruel or violent:
The sound of his dark laugh sent a chill through her.
chill of fear/apprehension/disquiet etc
Fay felt a chill of fear as she watched Max go off with her daughter.
There was something in his tone that sent a chill down Melissa’s spine (=made her very frightened).

3.
a) [countable] an illness which causes a slight fever, headache, and shivering (=slight shaking of the body):
Let’s get these wet clothes off you before you catch a chill.
b) [countable usually plural] a feeling of being cold, caused by being ill

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II. chill² verb
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: chile 'coldness' (11-15 centuries), from Old English cele]

1. [intransitive and transitive] if you chill something such as food or drink, or if it chills, it becomes very cold but does not freeze:
a glass of chilled white wine
Spoon the mixture into a bowl and chill for two hours.
The longer this salad chills, the better the flavour.

2. [intransitive] (also chill out) informal to relax completely instead of feeling angry, tired, or nervous:
‘Hold it! Just chill for a second, won’t you!’
I spent the afternoon chilling out in front of the TV.

3. [transitive] to make someone very cold:
The wind blew across her body, chilling her wet skin.
chilled to the bone/marrow (=extremely cold)
Come and sit by the fire – you look chilled to the bone.

4. [transitive] literary to suddenly frighten someone, especially by seeming very cruel or violent:
The anger in his face chilled her.
chill somebody to the bone/chill somebody to the marrow/chill sb’s blood (=frighten somebody a lot)
He jerked his head round and saw something that chilled his blood.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

III. chill³ adjective [usually before noun]
unpleasantly cold:
the chill night air
a chill wind

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

chill
noun
I. coldness
ADJ. bitter, deep | cold, damp | slight | evening, morning, night | autumn/autumnal, winter
VERB + CHILL feel I could feel the chill as soon as I went outside.
take off I'll add some hot water to the milk to take the chill off it (= to make it slightly warmer).
CHILL + NOUN factor With the chill factor, it's nearly minus forty here.
PHRASES a chill in the air There's a slight chill in the air.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

chill
II. feeling of fear
ADJ. sudden | icy
VERB + CHILL feel She felt a sudden chill at the thought of the dangers he faced.
strike Her words struck a chill in his heart.
CHILL + VERB run down/up sb's spine, run through sb A chill ran through me at the thought.
PREP. ~ of a chill of fear
PHRASES send a chill through sb/down sb's spine The news sent a chill down her spine.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

chill
III. mild illness
ADJ. bad, nasty, severe | slight
VERB + CHILL catch, get I caught a nasty chill after my swim last week.
 ⇒ Special page at ILLNESS

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

chill
tʃɪl
See: spine-chilling

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