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spine-chilling

Word definitions for spine-chilling in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The collection includes a spine-chilling ghost story by Edgar Allan Poe. ▪ The only journalist to witness the rebellion gave a spine-chilling account of atrocities carried out by both sides. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. inducing fear or nervousness, frequently a work of fiction.

Usage examples of spine-chilling.

It was a trick of refracted light from the desert behind, I suppose, but it sent a spine-chilling thrill through me.