1. Coldness due to a cold environment
   - iciness, gelidity 
2. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   - frisson, shiver, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle 
3. A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
   - shivering 
4. A sudden numbing dread
   - pall

1. Depress or discourage
   "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers" 
2. Make cool or cooler
   "Chill the food"
   - cool, cool down 
3. Lose heat
   - cool, cool down

Derived forms: chills, chilling, chilled

See also: chilling, chilly

Type of: alter, apprehension, apprehensiveness, cast down, change, change state, cold, coldness, deject, demoralise [Brit], demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, frigidity, frigidness, get down, low temperature, modify, symptom, turn

Encyclopedia: Chill

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