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chill

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of chill

1 lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling

  • were met with a chill gaze when they arrived home late from the party
Synonyms of chill

antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry (also wintery)
Words Related to chill

bloodless, coldhearted, hard-hearted, heartless, kindless, pitiless, uncaring, unfeeling

reserved, soulless, undemonstrative, unemotional, unresponsive

apathetic, indifferent, unenthusiastic, uninterested

aloof, detached, dispassionate, impersonal, offish, standoffish

antisocial, unsociable, unsocial
Near Antonyms of chill

compassionate, kind, kindhearted

demonstrative, emotional, expressive

eager, enthusiastic, passionate
Antonyms of chill

cordial, friendly, genial, happy, hearty, sympathetic, warm, warm-blooded, warmhearted

2 uncomfortably cool

  • this chill weather is making my teeth chatter
Synonyms of chill

bitter, bleak, chilling, chilly, nipping, nippy, raw, sharp
Words Related to chill

bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous, snappy

arctic, bitter, cold, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, glacial, ice-cold, icy, numbing, polar, shivery, wintry (also wintery)

subfreezing, subzero

frore, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
Near Antonyms of chill

balmy, warm

lukewarm, tepid

heated, warmed

3 having a low or subnormal temperature

  • no one should be coatless on a chill night as this
Synonyms of chill

algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chilly, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
Words Related to chill

cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold

cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp

bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous

chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
Near Antonyms of chill

lukewarm, tepid

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

canicular, equatorial, muggy, steamy, summery, tropical
Antonyms of chill

ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot

4 causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

  • the house's design may be cutting-edge, but it has a chill sterility about it that is anything but homey
Synonyms of chill

black, bleak, cheerless, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
Words Related to chill

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, negative, oppressive, threatening
Near Antonyms of chill

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

encouraging, hopeful, optimistic

lighthearted, lightsome
Antonyms of chill

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

chill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of chill

an uncomfortable degree of coolness

  • thereʼs a chill in the air, so youʼd better wear a sweater
Synonyms of chill

bite, bitterness, bleakness, chilliness, nip, nippiness, rawness, sharpness
Words Related to chill

briskness, crispness

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

cold, freeze, snap
Near Antonyms of chill

balminess, warmness, warmth

heat, hotness, sultriness

chill

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of chill

1 to cause to lose heat

  • chill the gelatin for two hours, until it sets
Synonyms of chill

cool, refrigerate
Words Related to chill

air-condition

freeze, frost, ice, quick-freeze, supercool

ventilate
Near Antonyms of chill

bake, boil, broil, steam

heat-treat, temper

microwave
Antonyms of chill

heat, toast, warm

2 to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety

  • you want to hang out with us and just chill this weekend?
Synonyms of chill

chill out [slang], de-stress, decompress, loosen up, mellow (out), relax, unwind, wind down
Words Related to chill

unbend

bask, kick back, loll, lounge, repose, rest

bum, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, vegetate, veg out, zone out

alleviate, comfort, ease, relieve

calm, compose, cool, quiet, settle
Phrases Synonymous with chill

hang loose
Antonyms of chill

tense (up)

3 to lessen the courage or confidence of

  • investors chilled by the floundering economy
Synonyms of chill

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, frustrate, unman, unnerve
Words Related to chill

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 Synonymous with chill

throw cold water on
Near Antonyms of chill

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
Antonyms of chill

embolden, encourage, hearten, nerve, steel

4 to spend time doing nothing

  • instead of going out tonight, let's stay in and chill
Synonyms of chill

bum, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about [British], idle, kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out
Words Related to chill

fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate

lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry

amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan

furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant
Phrases Synonymous with chill

kill time, twiddle one's thumbs
Near Antonyms of chill

drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work

apply, buckle (down)

exert, put out

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