chill

Plural: chills

Noun

• coldness due to a cold environment
• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
• a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
• a sudden numbing dread
• A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
• A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
• An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
• An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.
• The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.
• A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.
• Calmness; equanimity.
• A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.
• A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.

Verb

• depress or discourage
  • "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
• make cool or cooler
  • "Chill the food"
• loose heat
• To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
• To become cold.
• To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
• To become hard by rapid cooling.
• To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
• To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
• To smoke marijuana.
• To discourage, depress.
• -ED, -ING, -S to make cold

Adj

• Moderately cold or chilly.
• Unwelcoming; not cordial.
• Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
• "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
• Okay, not a problem.

Contraction

• I will

Adjective

• CHILLER, CHILLEST cool

Examples

• "A chill wind was blowing down the street."
• "Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception."
• "Censorship chills public discourse."
• "Chill before serving."
• "Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up."
• "Close the window or you'll catch a chill."
• "Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene."
• "Hey, we should chill this weekend."
• "His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."
• "I felt a chill when the wind picked up."
• "In the wind he chilled quickly."
• "On Friday night do you wanna chill?"
• "Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain."
• "Sorry about that. —It's chill."
• "That new movie was chill, man."
• "The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience."
• "The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket."
• "The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class."
• "There was a chill in the air."

Synonyms

cool, cool down, frisson, gelidity, iciness, pall, quiver, shiver, shivering, shudder, thrill, tingle, I'll, airy, at ease, carefree, careless, casual, chill, chill out, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, indifferent, insouciant, laid-back, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, mellow, nonchalant, pococurante, relaxed, serene, solute, unanxious, unbothered, unconcerned, unworried, wanton

Antonyms

heat

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