chilling
  致冷
  Chill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling.]
  1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.
     When winter chilled the day.   --Goldsmith.
  2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
     Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits.   --Rogers.
  3. Metal. To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.
  Chill·ing a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
  -- Chill*ing*ly, adv.
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  chilling
       adj : so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible
             and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge" [syn: scarey,
              scary, shivery, shuddery]
       n : the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
           cooling, temperature reduction]