bone-chilling

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/

Adjective

bone-chilling (comparative more bone-chilling, superlative most bone-chilling)

  1. Very cold.
    Coordinate terms: chilly, frosty, nippy
    • 1861, “Volunteers at Hythe”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volume IV, page 402:
      I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December.
  2. (figuratively) Causing great terror or horror; blood-curdling.
    • 2007 February 26, Jonathan Small, “Chic geek: Ex model Matthew Gray Gubler channels his inner nerd on Criminal Minds”, in TV guide, page 23:
      Ever since that bone-chilling post-Super Bowl two-parter […] Reid just can't say no to drugs.
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