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CHILLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chilliness mean? 

CHILLINESS (noun)
  The noun CHILLINESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being moderately coldplay

2. a lack of affection or enthusiasmplay

  Familiarity information: CHILLINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHILLINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being moderately cold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chilliness; coolness; nip

Context example:

the chilliness of early morning

Hypernyms ("chilliness" is a kind of...):

cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)

Derivation:

chilly (appreciably or disagreeably cold)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A lack of affection or enthusiasm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chilliness; coldness; coolness; frigidity; frigidness; iciness

Context example:

a distressing coldness of tone and manner

Hypernyms ("chilliness" is a kind of...):

emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chilliness"):

stone (a lack of feeling or expression or movement)

lukewarmness; tepidness (lack of passion, force or animation)


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