bone-chilling

bone-chilling

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/

Adjective

bone-chilling (not comparable)

1. Very cold.
   • 1861, "Volunteers at Hythe", Charles Dickens (editor), All the Year Round, volume IV, p. 402:

     I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December.

2. (figuratively) With a strong physical or psychological unpleasant effect.
   • 2007, Jonathan Small, Chic geek: Ex model Matthew Gray Gubler channels his inner nerd on Criminal Minds, in TV guide , February 26, p. 23:

     Ever since that bone-chilling post-Super Bowl two-parter […] Reid just can't say no to drugs.