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(verb) depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" |
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Related Words: cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down |
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(satellite adjective) uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather" |
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Synonyms: chilly |
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(noun) coldness due to a cold environment |
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Synonyms: gelidity, iciness |
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Related Words: cold, coldness, low temperature |
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(noun) a sudden numbing dread |
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Synonyms: pall |
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Related Words: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread |
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(noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever |
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Synonyms: shivering |
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Related Words: symptom |
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(verb) loose heat; The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" |
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Synonyms: cool, cool down |
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Related Words: change state, turn |
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(verb) make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" |
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Synonyms: cool, cool down |
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Related Words: alter, change, ice, refrigerate |
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(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him" |
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Synonyms: frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle |
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Related Words: fear, fearfulness, fright |
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