chill

Synonyms

bite, bitterness, bleakness, chilliness, nip, nippiness, rawness, sharpness;

Near Antonyms

balminess, warmness, warmth;

heat, hotness, sultriness;

Related Words

briskness, crispness;

coldness, frigidity, frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, iciness, wintriness;

cold, freeze, snap;

Synonyms

black, bleak, cheerless, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, wretched;

Antonyms

bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny;

Near Antonyms

blithe, blithesome, buoyant, gay, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, merry, mirthful;

encouraging, hopeful, optimistic;

lighthearted, lightsome;

Related Words

blue, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, down, droopy, hangdog, inconsolable, low, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, sad, unhappy, woebegone, woeful;

dim, discomfiting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, distressful, distressing, upsetting;

desperate, hopeless, pessimistic;

lamentable, mournful, plaintive, sorrowful;

colorless, drab, dull;

dour, grim, lowering (also louring), lowery (also loury), menacing, oppressive, threatening;

Synonyms

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve;

Antonyms

embolden, encourage, hearten, nerve, steel;

Near Antonyms

buoy (up), cheer, gladden;

animate, enliven, invigorate;

enforce, fortify, reinforce (also reenforce), strengthen;

assure, reassure;

boost, energize, excite, galvanize, inspire, lift, provoke, quicken, rally, stimulate, stir;

Related Words

browbeat, bully, cow, intimidate;

depress, sadden, weigh;

afflict, try;

damp, dampen, deaden;

distress, trouble;

bother, irk, vex, worry;

debilitate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken;

frighten, horrify, scare;

Phrases

throw cold water on;