Synonyms for chill
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : chil |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for chill Other synonyms for the word chill
- air-condition
- arctic
- bite
- bleak
- brisk
- cloud
- congeal
- cool
- coolness
- crispness
- dash
- deject
- demoralize
- depressing
- dismal
- dismay
- disparage
- dispirit
- dispiriting
- distant
- emotionless
- formal
- frigidity
- frost
- frosty
- gelid
- gelidity
- glacial
- hateful
- hostile
- ice
- iciness
- icy
- indifferent
- nip
- nippy
- rawness
- refrigerate
- reserved
- rigor
- sharp
- sharpness
- solitary
- standoffish
- stony
- uncompanionable
- unemotional
- ungenial
- unhappy
- unresponsive
- unwelcoming
- wintry
- withdrawn
Définition of chill
Origin :- Old English ciele, cele "cold, coolness, chill, frost," from Proto-Germanic *kal- "to be cold," from PIE root *gel- "cold" (see cold). According to OED, the word seems to have been obsolete after c.1400 (displaced by cold) and the modern use is a back-formation since c.1600 from the verb.
- adj cold, raw
- adj unfriendly, aloof
- noun cold conditions
- verb make cold
- verb discourage
- It was a cold light, and the chill of it went through Andrew.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The eyes that had always been warm in their glances on her were chill now.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The Trainer's words, "The mare's coughin'," struck a chill to her heart.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Among its pebbles her feet still ran on, under the chill of icy water.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- She was at the stove, where an armful of kindling had been set off to take the chill out of the house.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- I had been cold all day, but that is a very different thing from having a chill.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- The sight of him frightened Peter, striking a chill to his heart.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- But I can't stay out long, 'cause it'll soon be time for me to have my chill.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- With the chill of unwelcome still upon them the officers said little.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- To the devil with this dismal darkness, wrapping itself about one with a chill!
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for chill
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