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chill

[chil] / tʃɪl /
ADJECTIVE
cold, raw
Synonyms
STRONGEST
biting chilly freezing frigid frosty icy wintry
STRONG
arctic brisk cool sharp
WEAK
bleak gelid glacial nippy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
heated hot warm
STRONG
temperate
ADJECTIVE
unfriendly, aloof
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discouraging frigid icy wintry
STRONG
cool depressing dispiriting formal hostile reserved solitary withdrawn
WEAK
dismal distant emotionless glacial hateful indifferent standoffish stony uncompanionable unemotional ungenial unhappy unresponsive unwelcoming
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hot warm
STRONG
extroverted friendly kind outgoing sociable
WEAK
responsive sympathetic
NOUN
cold conditions
Synonyms
STRONGEST
coldness
STRONG
bite coolness crispness frigidity gelidity iciness nip rawness sharpness
Antonyms
WEAK
heat warmth
VERB
make cold
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cool freeze refrigerate
STRONG
air-condition congeal frost ice
Antonyms
STRONGEST
heat warm
VERB
discourage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dampen depress dishearten
STRONG
cloud dash deject demoralize dismay disparage dispirit
Antonyms
STRONGEST
encourage hearten inspirit uplift
WEAK
incite

Example Sentences

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While the 32-year-old officer said the truce had not been "fully" observed, the lull had allowed his soldiers of the 33rd Mechanised Brigade to attend an Easter Sunday mass outside in the freezing forest chill.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

And as soon as there’s a chill in the air, ticket holders get hungry for the hill.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

And arts’ weather report for April includes an unexpected spiritual chill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week to the highest level since September, a sharp reversal that threatens to chill the start of the important spring home-buying season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

A chill ran down my spine and I shivered.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff