Synonyms for chill

verb

  1. To reduce temperature

    cool, freeze, refrigerate, ice; see cool 2, freeze 2.

  2. To check

    dispirit, dishearten, dampen; see depress 2, discourage 1.

noun

  1. Chilliness

    coolness, coldness, rigor, crispness, frigidity, sharpness, iciness, nip, bite; see also cold 1.

  2. An illness

    virus, head cold, ague; see cold 3, disease.

modified

  1. Uncomfortably cool

    brisk, frosty, wintry, chilly; see cold 1, cool 1.

  2. Cold in manner

    formal, distant, aloof, icy; see aloof, indifferent 1, unfriendly 1.

  3. Depressing

    discouraging, unhappy, dispiriting; see dismal 1, sad 2.

See chill in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

Relative lack of physical warmth:

chilliness, cold, coldness, coolness. See hot
adjective
  1. Marked by a low temperature:

    chilly, cold, cool, nippy, shivery. See hot
  2. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner:

    aloof, chilly, cool, distant, offish, remote, reserved, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn. See attitude, hot

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