Definitions

chilled to the bone

ADJECTIVE

icy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chilly cold freezing frigid frosty glacial polar raw

WEAK

algific antarctic arctic biting bitter chill chilling frigorific frost-bound frozen over gelid glaring iced refrigerated rimy shivering shivery sleeted smooth as glass

Antonyms

STRONGEST

heated hot warm

WEAK

unfrozen watery

Example Sentences

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If not for these, she would have been chilled to the bone.

From Literature

The expression on her face had altered in a way that made Penelope feel chilled to the bone.

From Literature

He was wearing two coats but was still, as he put it, “chilled to the bone.”

From Los Angeles Times

I froze in the entrance of the Krupp Pavilion, chilled to the bone although the sun beat hot on my face.

From Literature

I flinched away, chilled to the bone, as if I had one foot back in that wintry afternoon when I’d first met him.

From Literature