blood-chilling
adjective
(hyperbolically ) such as to make the blood run cold; terrifying, horrifying; (later also in weakened use, especially humorously ) awful, dismal; compare to make the blood run cold, chill, spine-chilling noun.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Vicars (1580–1652), chronicler and poet.
- brown-bagger
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- brown cloud
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