as in frigid
having a low or subnormal temperature
we stood in line for hours in the bone-chilling weather
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Recent Examples of bone-chilling
Grant, 64, also notched recognition at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards this season for his bone-chilling work.
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Jack Smart, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Among its many innovations was its unconventional score, an abstract suite of bone-chilling scrapes, metallic clanks, ominous drones and mysterious stingers.
—The Learning Network, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
As the Arctic continues warming up to three times faster than the rest of the planet, some researchers say the two atmospheric patterns are working together to bring about bone-chilling cold air outbreaks more often.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Though Miami was a relatively balmy 50 degrees, a bone-chilling humidity settled on the city.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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Jack Smart, People.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Among its many innovations was its unconventional score, an abstract suite of bone-chilling scrapes, metallic clanks, ominous drones and mysterious stingers.
—The Learning Network, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
As the Arctic continues warming up to three times faster than the rest of the planet, some researchers say the two atmospheric patterns are working together to bring about bone-chilling cold air outbreaks more often.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Though Miami was a relatively balmy 50 degrees, a bone-chilling humidity settled on the city.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-chilling
Adjective
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That included sailing into frigid gusts and plowing through ice floes.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her previous pop album, 2020’s Chromatica, sought to sublimate those wounds in sleek, strangely frigid dance music.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her makeup, too, was equally icy, with a metallic silvery-white shadow brushed under her brow as a highlight and dramatic black eyeliner winged all the way out to the outer corner of her brows, plus a pair of light blue-gray contacts enhanced by majorly fluttery, lush lashes.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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White cautioned those traveling north of Indianapolis this weekend, however, should be mindful of potentially snowier, icier road conditions.—
Christopher Cann,
The Indianapolis Star,
27 Nov. 2024
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Spring 2025 in New York City is off to a wet, gray and chilly start.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Related Articles Hathaway capitalized on the chilly, wintery weather and snow with a look best described as gravitating toward the après-ski trend.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
17 Mar. 2025
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The formerly friendly hound transformed into one of cold calculation that left a trail of bodies in its wake.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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Champions League-level spending catches up with reality A significant problem at Old Trafford has been a simple one: a lack of cold, hard cash.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
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The winds, snow, and freezing temperatures — to say nothing of the deadly airborne virus the Earthlings’ immune system can’t handle pre-vaccine — are inhospitable at first.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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The roots of potted plants are not well insulated and need protection against freezing temperatures.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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People are going to be very chill and normal, like the internet always is.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Canada’s been chill with legal weed since 2018, and Germany is heading there too.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Forty-seven tracks into Rush 50 — a new career-spanning anthology presenting 50 songs across nearly five hours — a cool sonic Easter egg arrives.—
Hank Shteamer,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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Levi’s never lose their cool factor, so these are a safe investment.—
Claudia Fisher,
Parents,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Bone-chilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-chilling. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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