Crossword clues for spine-chilling
spine-chilling
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
spine-chilling
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
▪ As for the promise to ban fox-hunting, it was given with such a blithe nonchalance as to be spine-chilling.
▪ He opened his eyes and was instantly aware of utter, spine-chilling silence.
▪ Head for the roller-coasters for a spine-chilling ride.
▪ Recollection of the day it visited Millbrook is especially spine-chilling.
▪ She talked about her boyfriends in a tone of most frightful, spine-chilling, whimsy determination, and they took it.
Wiktionary
spine-chilling
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.