chillingly
3
6.3
- adverb
- /ˈtʃɪlɪŋli/
:
escalofriantemente
- The movie's ending was chillingly effective, leaving the audience in stunned silence as the credits rolled.
- chillingly cold
- chillingly ruthless
- chillingly familiar
Examples
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What happened in Daraya follows a pattern that is becoming chillingly routine.
Blog text (18) -
Perhaps most chillingly, I learned that I could be prosecuted for conserving the sword without the legitimate owner's permission.
Academic text (2007) -
Looking around me, I became chillingly aware that there were very few women in the restaurant.
Blog text (11) -
The message was chillingly clear: given a choice between national security and a more open society, the revolution had no choice.
Academic text (2007) -
Or, more chillingly, someone had altered the record either before or after the clones were brought to term.
Fiction book (2000) -
A year after his arrest, Aram represented himself at the trial, delivering a defense widely regarded as rhetorically brilliant but chillingly dispassionate.
Academic text (2016) -
With chillingly ruthless importunity, she urges her husband to commit regicide against their supposedly honored guest, Duncan.
Academic text (2018) -
Njoki Ngumi's portrayal of the hard-hearted 60-year-old matriarch Bernada is chillingly precise.
Blog text (26) -
It became chillingly clear that the forest was haunted by the spirits of those who had perished there.
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She spoke in a chillingly calm voice, which only heightened the tension in the room.
Synonyms
30
6.8
In a strange and frightening way
26
3.4
In a way that makes a person feel uncomfortable or awkward
14
5.3
In a way that makes you feel worried or uneasy
12
5.7
In a way that makes you feel scared
5
6.5
In a way that is very frightening or very strong to show how serious something is
4
4.9
In a way that makes someone feel afraid or uncomfortable
4
4.9
In a way that makes you feel afraid or very worried
1
7.0
In a strange, frightening way that feels like a ghost
1
7.0
In a way that makes you feel worried or nervous
1
7.5
In a way that makes someone feel nervous or uneasy
1
7.5
In a way that makes people afraid
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
In a way that makes someone shake from cold or fear
In a way that makes someone shiver from fear or disgust
In a way that shows something bad will happen
Antonyms
How Scary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chillingly comes from chill, which means 'cold' and the small 'shiver' you feel when something scares you. So when something is done chillingly, it gives a cold, fearful feeling or strong discomfort.