Synonyms and Antonyms of chilly
1
uncomfortably cool
- those chilly nights when a warm fire can be especially comforting
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
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
antiseptic, arctic, brittle, chill, clammy, cold, cold-blooded, cold-eyed, coldish, cool, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hard-eyed, icy, uncordial, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry (also wintery)
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
3
having a low or subnormal temperature
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, cold, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, nipping, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)
cryogenic, subfreezing, subzero, ultracold
cutting, keen, penetrating, piercing, sharp
bracing, brisk, crisp, invigorating, rigorous
chilled, cooled, frosted, frozen, iced, refrigerated, unheated
lukewarm, tepid
heated, overheated, reheated, warmed
snug, toasty, warm
feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)
canicular, equatorial, muggy, steamy, summery, tropical
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
