chill

1. (verb) depress or discourage; "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
Related Words: cast down, deject, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, get down

2. (satellite adjective) uncomfortably cool; "a chill wind"; "chilly weather"
Synonyms: chilly

3. (noun) coldness due to a cold environment
Synonyms: gelidity, iciness
Related Words: cold, coldness, low temperature

4. (noun) a sudden numbing dread
Synonyms: pall
Related Words: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread

5. (noun) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
Synonyms: shivering
Related Words: symptom

6. (verb) loose heat; The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
Synonyms: cool, cool down
Related Words: change state, turn

7. (verb) make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
Synonyms: cool, cool down
Related Words: alter, change, ice, refrigerate

8. (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
Synonyms: frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
Related Words: fear, fearfulness, fright



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