chilling
noun
- method of Food preservation
adjective
- gravely disturbing or frightening
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
- Becoming cold.
“As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.”
- Causing cold.
- Causing mild fear.
“It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.”
“22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English chilling, chillyng, chyllynge, equivalent to chill + -ing.
- The act by which something is chilled.
“To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of chill