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spine-chilling

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Synonyms & Antonyms of spine-chilling

causing fear

the soldiers let out a spine-chilling yell just before charging the enemy

Synonyms for spine-chilling

alarming,
dire,
direful,
dread,
dreadful,
fearful,
fearsome,
forbidding,
formidable,
frightening,
frightful,
ghastly,
hair-raising,
horrendous,
horrible,
horrifying,
intimidating,
redoubtable,
scary,
shocking,
terrible,
terrifying

Words Related to spine-chilling

daunting,
demoralizing,
disconcerting,
discouraging,
dismaying,
disquieting,
distressing,
disturbing,
perturbing,
startling,
threatening,
troubling,
trying,
unnerving

bone-chilling,
creepy,
eerie
(also eery),
weird

appalling,
atrocious,
awful,
grisly,
gruesome
(also grewsome),
hideous,
horrid,
macabre,
monstrous,
nightmarish

Near Antonyms for spine-chilling

calming,
comforting,
consoling,
inviting,
lulling,
pacifying,
quieting,
reassuring,
relaxing,
soothing,
tranquilizing
(also tranquillizing)

nonintimidating,
nonthreatening

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