One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Synonyms of chill in English:
chill
See definition of chill
noun
1‘there was a distinct chill in the air’
coldness, chilliness, coolness, iciness, crispness, rawness, bitterness, nip, bite, sting, sharpness, keenness, harshness, wintriness, frigidity
informal nippiness
rare gelidity
warmth
2‘he took to his bed with a chill’
cold, dose of flu, dose of influenza, respiratory infection, viral infection, virus
archaic grippe
3‘he tried to end the chill in his relations with the West’
unfriendliness, lack of understanding, lack of sympathy, lack of warmth, chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, aloofness, distance, remoteness, unresponsiveness
friendliness
verb
1‘the dessert is best made ahead and then chilled’
make cold, make colder, cool, cool down, cool off
refrigerate, freeze, quick-freeze, deep-freeze, ice
warm
2‘his quiet tone chilled Ruth more than if he had shouted’
scare, frighten, petrify, terrify, alarm, appal, disturb, disquiet, unsettle
make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, chill to the bone, chill to the marrow, make someone's flesh crawl, give someone goose pimples, scare witless, frighten the living daylights out of, fill with fear, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, throw into a panic
informal scare the pants off
British informal put the wind up, give someone the heebie-jeebies, make someone's hair curl
Irish informal scare the bejesus out of
vulgar slang scare shitless
archaic affright
comfort, reassure
adjective
1‘a chill wind came through the open doors’
cold, chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, brisk
bleak, wintry, snowy, frosty, icy, ice-cold, icy-cold, glacial, polar, arctic, raw, sharp, bitter, bitterly cold, biting, piercing, penetrating, numbing, freezing, frigid
informal nippy
British informal parky
rare gelid, brumal
Phrases
‘the home should be a place to chill out’
relax, unwind, loosen up, ease off, ease up, let up, slow down, de-stress, unbend, rest, repose, put one's feet up, take it easy, take time off, take time out, slack off, be at leisure, take one's leisure, take one's ease, laze, luxuriate, do nothing, sit back, lounge, loll, slump, flop, idle, loaf, enjoy oneself, amuse oneself, play, entertain oneself
let it all hang out, let one's hair down, unbutton, veg out
hang loose, stay loose, kick back
be tense, psych oneself up