SPINE-CHILLING

Meaning of SPINE-CHILLING in English

adjective

( of a book, film / movie, etc. ) frightening in an exciting way

► ˈspine-chiller noun

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SPINE-CHILLING — adjective Date: 1946 alarmingly or eerily frightening
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPINE-CHILLING — adjective Date: 1946 : alarmingly or eerily frightening
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPINE-CHILLING — Pronunciation: - ˌ chi-li ŋ Function: adjective Date: 1946 : alarmingly or eerily frightening
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPINE-CHILLING — [spine-chill.ing] adj (1946): alarmingly or eerily frightening
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPINE-CHILLING — spine-chilling BrE AmE ˈspaɪn ˌtʃɪl ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPINE-CHILLING — ˈspine-ˌchilling BrE AmE adjective a spine-chilling story or film is very frightening in a way that people enjoy —spine-chiller noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPINE-CHILLING — A spine-chilling film or story makes you feel very frightened. ADJ : usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPINE-CHILLING — A ~ film or story makes you feel very frightened. ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPINE-CHILLING — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The collection includes a spine-chilling ghost story by Edgar Allan Poe. ▪ The only …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPINE-CHILLING — {adj.} Terrifying; causing great fear. * /Many children find the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling./ * /A was spine-chilling to learn that …
Slang English vocab
SPINE-CHILLING — See ↑ FRIGHTENED/FRIGHTENING 5
Longman Activator English vocab
SPINE-CHILLING — 25B6; adjective TERRIFYING, blood-curdling, petrifying, hair-raising, frightening, scaring, chilling, horrifying, fearsome; eerie, sinister, ghostly; Scottish eldritch; informal scary, creepy, spooky. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPINE-CHILLING — {adj.} Terrifying; causing great fear. * /Many children find the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling./ * /A was spine-chilling to learn that …
Словарь английских идиом
SPINE-CHILLING — adj. Terrifying; causing great fear. Many children find the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling. A was spine-chilling to learn that a murderer …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SPINE-CHILLING — прил. ужасающий ужасающий, страшный (часто о фильме, романе)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPINE-CHILLING — a ужасающий, страшный ( часто о фильме, романе )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPINE-CHILLING — прил.ужасающий
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPINE CHILLING — (a) страшный; ужасающий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SPINE-CHILLING — a ужасающий, страшный ( часто о фильме, романе )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SPINE-CHILLING — a ужасающий, страшный ( часто о фильме, романе )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPINE-CHILLING — прил. ужасающий
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SPINE-CHILLING — прил. ужасающий
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SPINE-CHILLING — _a. ужасающий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SPINE-CHILLING — a. ужасающий
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SPINE-CHILLING — прил. ужасающий ужасающий, страшный (часто о фильме, романе)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPINE — ~ (-al, -osi)
English interlingue dictionary
SPINE — dugukan
English-Visayan vocabulary
CHILLING — adjective Date: 1814 gravely disturbing or frightening , ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPINE — ˈspīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, thorn, spinal column, from Latin spina thorn, spine, spinal column; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINE — (n.) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Английский словарь Webster
CHILLING — (a.) Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
Английский словарь Webster
CHILLING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chill
Английский словарь Webster
SPINE — ( n. ) Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILLING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Chill
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILLING — ( a. ) Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINE — — spined , adj. — spinelike , adj. /spuyn/ , n. 1. the spinal or vertebral column; backbone. 2. any …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILLING — /chil"ing/ , adj. causing or likely to cause a chill: the chilling effect of the high unemployment rate. [ CHILL …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILLING — adj. frightening; characterized by causing or being cold
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CHILLING — adjective Date: 1814 : gravely disturbing or frightening a chilling case of abuse • chil·ling·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPINE — noun a sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn. 2. spine ·noun one of the rigid and undivided …
Webster English vocab
CHILLING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of chill. 2. chilling ·adj making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; …
Webster English vocab
SPINE — [spine] n [ME, thorn, spinal column, fr. L spina; perh. akin to L spica ear of grain] (15c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPINE — spine BrE AmE spaɪn ▷ spined spaɪnd ▷ spines spaɪnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHILLING — chilling BrE AmE ˈtʃɪl ɪŋ ▷ chilling|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHILLING — / ˈtʃɪlɪŋ; NAmE / adjective frightening, usually because it is connected with sth violent or cruel : a chilling story …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPINE — spine /spaɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: spina ] 1 . [countable] the row …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHILLING — chil ‧ ling /ˈtʃɪlɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective something that is chilling makes you feel frightened, especially because it is cruel, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPINE — n. 1 a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPINE — n. 1 a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPINE — n.1 a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and …
Oxford English vocab
SPINE — ( spines) 1. Your spine is the row of bones down your back. N-COUNT 2. The spine of a book …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHILLING — If you describe something as chilling , you mean it is frightening. He described in chilling detail how he attacked …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHILLING — If you describe something as ~, you mean it is frightening. He described in ~ detail how he attacked her …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPINE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sent a chill down...spine (= made her very frightened ) ▪ There was something in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHILLING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a grim/sobering/chilling reminder (= making you feel serious and worried or frightened ) ▪ They …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHILLING — [adjective]a chilling windThis memorial to victims of the holocaust is a chilling (= frightening and upsetting) reminder of a tragedy …
Cambridge English vocab
CHILLING — Synonyms and related words : ache, aching, adiabatic absorption, adiabatic demagnetization, adiabatic expansion, air conditioning, air cooling, alarming, algific, awing, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHILLING — adj 1. fun. ("That movie was chilling.") fun
Slang English vocab
SPINE — n. Function: noun the articulated column of bones that is the central and axial feature of a vertebrate skeleton FF1C; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SPINE — noun the articulated column of bones that is the central and axial feature of a vertebrate skeleton fractured his spine …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHILLING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SPINE — noun 1 backbone ADJECTIVE ▪ fractured ▪ cervical , lumbar VERB + SPINE ▪ bend , curve ▪ straighten ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CHILLING — adj. Chilling is used with these nouns: ↑ clarity , ↑ detail , ↑ effect , ↑ message , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPINE — • ↑ send shivers down your spine
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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