CHILLING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHILLING?

Need another word that means the same as “chilling”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “chilling” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Chilling” are: scary, shivery, shuddery, cooling, temperature reduction

Chilling as a Noun

Definitions of "Chilling" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chilling” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature.

Synonyms of "Chilling" as a noun (2 Words)

cooling	The quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature. The cooling was overhead fans.
temperature reduction	The somatic sensation of cold or heat.

Chilling as an Adjective

Definitions of "Chilling" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chilling” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Provoking fear terror.
• Horrifying or frightening.

Synonyms of "Chilling" as an adjective (3 Words)

scary	Frightening; causing fear. A scary movie.
shivery	Provoking fear terror. Shivery weather.
shuddery	Provoking fear terror. Simon took a deep shuddery breath.

Usage Examples of "Chilling" as an adjective

• A chilling account of the prisoners' fate.

Associations of "Chilling" (30 Words)

afraid	Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement. I m afraid I won t be able to come.
alarm	An alarm clock. This door is locked and alarmed between 11 p m and 6 a m.
alarming	Worrying or disturbing. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
appall	Strike with disgust or revulsion.
dread	Causing fear or dread or terror. I used to have a dread of Friday afternoons.
dreadful	Extremely disagreeable. A dreadful storm.
fear	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight. I hated him but didn t fear him any more.
fearfulness	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight.
fearsome	Frightening, especially in appearance. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
formidable	Inspiring fear- G.H.Johnston. The challenge was formidable.
fright	Frighten. I jumped up in fright.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. If you say anything to him you might frighten him off.
frightening	Causing fear or dread or terror. A frightening experience.
grisly	Causing horror or disgust. A grisly murder.
gruesome	Causing repulsion or horror; grisly. The most gruesome murder.
haunt	Haunt like a ghost pursue. The bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time.
hideous	So extremely ugly as to be terrifying. The whole hideous story.
horrific	Causing fear or dread or terror. Horrific conditions in the mining industry.
horror	Something that inspires horror something horrible. A horror film.
macabre	Disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death. Macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages.
panic	Feel or cause to feel panic. She hit him in panic.
petrify	Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright. Slogans petrify our thinking.
scare	Become scared. The event was postponed earlier this year due to the foot and mouth scare.
scared	Fearful; frightened. I m scared stiff of flying.
scary	Uncannily striking or surprising. It was scary the way they bonded with each other.
spooky	Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses. Some horses are more spooky by nature than others.
terrible	Causing fear or dread or terror. The terrible conditions in which the ordinary people lived.
terrify	Cause to feel extreme fear. The thought terrifies me.
terrifying	Causing extreme terror. A terrifying wail.
terror	Terrorism. He used terror to make them confess.