"bone-chilling" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/ [US] Forms: more bone-chilling [comparative], most bone-chilling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bone-chilling (comparative more bone-chilling, superlative most bone-chilling)
  1. Very cold. Categories (topical): Temperature
    Sense id: en-bone-chilling-en-adj-mLL1FlZe Disambiguation of Temperature: 35 65
  2. (figuratively) Causing great terror or horror; blood-curdling. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Temperature
    Sense id: en-bone-chilling-en-adj-~ALaG2Ph Disambiguation of Temperature: 35 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 91

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