CHILLINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A lack of affection or enthusiasm

Example:

a distressing coldness of tone and manner

Synonyms:

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)

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)