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CHILLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lack of affection or enthusiasm
Example:
a distressing coldness of tone and manner
Synonyms:
chilliness; coldness; coolness; frigidity; frigidness; iciness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being moderately cold
Example:
the chilliness of early morning
Synonyms:
chilliness; coolness; nip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("chilliness" is a kind of...):
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)
Derivation:
chilly (appreciably or disagreeably cold)
