bone-chilling
Terrifyingly cold or scary
Bone-chilling describes cold so intense it seems to penetrate to the skeleton: a bone-chilling wind off the lake.
The word extends readily to fear or dread—anything that produces a physical sensation of coldness: a bone-chilling scream, bone-chilling footage of the attack.
The effect is visceral, not merely unpleasant.
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- frightSudden intense fear
petrified · blood-curdling · spine-tingling · heart-stopping · hair-raising · goosebumps · scream · shudder
Extremely cold
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- glacialOf frozen rivers
icy · numbing · shiver · blizzard · polar · subzero · bitter · wintry
Disturbingly unforgettable
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
uncanny · mysterious · shadowy · ominous · foreboding · apparition · phantom · wraith
Causing mental unease
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- creepyDisturbingly strange
alarming · menacing · threatening · dread · anxiety · apprehension · wrongness · ominous
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- nightmarishFrightening like bad dreams
grotesque · diabolical · sinister · malevolent · demonic · undead · vampire · zombie
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
fright · petrified · blood-curdling · spine-tingling · heart-stopping · hair-raising · goosebumps · scream · shudder · paralyzed
freezing
Extremely cold
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
glacial · icy · numbing · shiver · blizzard · polar · subzero · bitter · wintry · permafrost
haunting
Disturbingly unforgettable
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
otherworldly · uncanny · mysterious · shadowy · ominous · foreboding · apparition · phantom · wraith · ethereal
disturbing
Causing mental unease
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
creepy · alarming · menacing · threatening · dread · anxiety · apprehension · wrongness · ominous · sinister
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
nightmarish · grotesque · diabolical · sinister · malevolent · demonic · undead · vampire · zombie · slasher
- Cold Expressionsfreezing cold, bitter cold, cold snap, cold spell, frigid
- Cold Sensationschills, shiver, shivers, shivering, goosebumps
- extreme temperaturesfreezing, boiling, scorching, frigid, subzero
- Hyperbolea zillion, bazillion, gazillion, bajillion, zillion
- scary feelingsterrified, frightening, dreadful, creepiness, goosebumps
- temperaturehot, cold, warm, cool, freezing
bone-chillingscorching
Extremely hot, burning
boiling · sweltering · blazing · blistering · burning
bone-chillingheartwarming
Evoking tender positive feelings
ardent · fervent · fervid · passionate · inflamed
chill, bone, chilly, bones, chilled, chilling, boned, bonehead, boning