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Synonyms for chilled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : chil
Phonetic Transcription : tʃɪl

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Définition of chilled

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.
  • verb make cold
  • verb discourage
Example sentences :
  • He was not halfway around the house before he heard a voice that chilled him with horror.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Through the cold and darkness came a shriek that chilled her with horror.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She did not show herself, but returned home at once, chilled to the heart.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • True, there had been moments when her warm, loving nature had been chilled.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • At length we reached the firm ground, covered with mud and chilled with cold.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • His very desolation, amidst the unfamiliar faces, awed and chilled him.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He shaded the dinner, cooled the wines, chilled the gravy, and blighted the vegetables.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He was shivering, and fancied that she must be chilled by the early morning air.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • He had watched her in bewilderment, chilled to the bones, as if touched by the hand of death.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Was it some jealousy which could have no end that chilled the blood of her veins?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

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