Chilling
Chilling adjective - Uncomfortably cool.
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Threatening and chilling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Chilling".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Chilling and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chilling" instead an adjective "Threatening".
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Related pairs
- disturbing and chilling
- disturbing and threatening
- forbidding and chilling
- forbidding and threatening
- horrible and chilling
- horrible and threatening
- grim and chilling
- grim and threatening
- ominous and chilling
- ominous and threatening
- dire and chilling
- dire and threatening
- formidable and chilling
- formidable and threatening
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Unlike most such villains, he is not played for laughs and, in fact, comes out as one of the most threatening and chilling characters in the whole series.
- It makes the moments of real cruelty (slitting a man's throat unprovoked and threatening to murder Walt's family) all the more chilling.
Source: Affably Evil / Live-Action TV - Yandere: In the surprisingly chilling video "My Bloody Valentine" from this comedy series, Pat sends Sarah increasingly threatening notes demanding that she be his, murders every other guy in the office who showed an interest in her, then stabs her in the stomach.
Source: Web Video / Hardly Working
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