Definitions
provoking fear or terror
Word origin
From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
Used in a sentence
“As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.”
“It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.”
“To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Frightening or cooling”8 letters
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