chilled to the bone
Cold penetrating completely
Chilled to the bone describes being deeply, thoroughly cold—not just on the skin but seemingly through to the skeleton.
The phrase suggests cold that penetrates and lingers: After waiting in the rain for an hour, I was chilled to the bone.
Figuratively, it can describe fear or dread that reaches deep: The news chilled her to the bone.
- shiveringInvoluntary bodily trembling
- teeth chatteringInvoluntary jaw trembling
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- freezingExtremely cold
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
cold as ice · frostbitten · foreboding · dread · polar · numb · wintry · terror · hypothermic · bitter cold · cold snap · dead of winter · shock · subzero temperatures · gelid · unease · biting · frosty
- Cold Expressionsfreezing cold, bitter cold, cold snap, cold spell, frigid
chilled to the boneburning up
Intensely overheated
overheated · sweltering · roasting · scorching · boiling hot
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