Synonyms: chill, iciness, gelidity
Definition: coldness due to a cold environment
Similar words: cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature
Definition: the absence of heat
Usage: the coldness made our breath visible; come in out of the cold; cold is a vasoconstrictor
Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, tingle, thrill, shiver, shudder
Definition: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
Usage: a frisson of surprise shot through him
Similar words: fright, fear, fearfulness
Definition: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Definition: a sudden numbing dread
Similar words: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Definition: fearful expectation or anticipation
Usage: the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
Definition: a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
Similar words: symptom
Definition: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Synonyms: chill, cool, cool down
Definition: loose heat
Usage: The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Similar words: turn, change state
Definition: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Usage: We turned from Socialism to Capitalism; The people turned against the President when he stole the election
Synonyms: cool, cool down, chill
Definition: make cool or cooler
Usage: Chill the food
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: chill
Definition: depress or discourage
Usage: The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers
Similar words: cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress
Definition: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Usage: These news depressed her; The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her