chilling
/ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.69 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles."
- "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."
- "To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]"
Etymology
From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.