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Chills

/tʃɪlz/

A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

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📖 Definitions of "Chills"

noun

1
A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.
"There was a chill in the air."
2
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.
"Close the window or you'll catch a chill. I felt a chill when the wind picked up."
3
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.
"Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene. The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience. His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone."
4
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.

verb

1
To lower the temperature of something; to cool
"Chill before serving."
2
To become cold
"In the wind he chilled quickly."
3
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling
4
To become hard by rapid cooling

noun

1
A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chills"

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Word	Definition
chillynoun	Alternative spelling of chili. [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]
icinessnoun	The state or quality of being icy or very cold; frigidity.
geliditynoun	The state or quality of being gelid.
cool downverb	(intransitive) To become less agitated or excited.
coolnoun	A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
quivernoun	(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
tinglenoun	A prickling or mildly stinging sensation; frisson.
pallnoun	A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
frissonnoun	A sudden surge of excitement.
shiveringnoun	The action of a person or thing that shivers; a trembling.
shivernoun	The act of shivering.
thrillnoun	A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
shuddernoun	A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
aguenoun	(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
heebie-jeebiesnoun	(informal) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.
creepsnoun	(figurative) A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.
williesnoun	(colloquial) A feeling of nervousness or fear.
bumpsnoun	(British, with "the") The ritual tossing of someone into the air to celebrate their birthday.
coolsnoun	A surname from Dutch.
aguesnoun	(pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.