chilling
adjective
[ ˈtʃɪlɪŋ ]
• horrifying or frightening.
• "a chilling account of the prisoners' fate"
chill
verb
• make (someone) cold.
• "they were chilled by a sudden wind"
• horrify or frighten (someone).
• "the city was chilled by the violence"
Similar:
scare,
frighten,
petrify,
terrify,
alarm,
appal,
disturb,
disquiet,
unsettle,
make someone's blood run cold,
chill someone's blood,
chill to the bone,
chill to the marrow,
make someone's flesh crawl,
give someone goose pimples,
scare witless,
fill with fear,
strike terror into,
put the fear of God into,
throw into a panic,
scare the pants off,
put the wind up,
make someone's hair curl,
scare the bejesus out of,
affright,
scare shitless,
• calm down and relax.
• "they like to get home, have a bath, and chill out"
Similar:
relax,
unwind,
loosen up,
ease up/off,
let up,
slow down,
de-stress,
unbend,
rest,
repose,
put one's feet up,
take it easy,
take time off,
take time out,
slack off,
be at leisure,
take one's leisure,
take one's ease,
laze,
luxuriate,
do nothing,
sit back,
lounge,
loll,
slump,
flop,
idle,
loaf,
enjoy oneself,
amuse oneself,
play,
entertain oneself,
let it all hang out,
let one's hair down,
unbutton,
veg out,
hang loose,
stay loose,
kick back,
Opposite:
be tense,
psych oneself up,
Origin:
Old English cele, ciele ‘cold, coldness’, of Germanic origin; related to cold.
