Entry Word: chilly

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 uncomfortably cool <those chilly nights when a warm fire can be especially comforting>

Synonyms bitter, bleak, chill, chilling, nippy, raw, sharp

Related Words brisk, crisp; arctic, cold, freezing, frigid, frosty, icy

Near Antonyms balmy, warm

2 lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling <a chilly glare directed at the person who tried to go to the head of the line> — see cold 2