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chilled

SayCHILLD/t͡ʃɪld/

4 meanings of chilled

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Made cold, often by being kept in the fridge.

    I'd love a glass of chilled water after that run.

    Keep the cake chilled until the party starts.

    Similarcold, cool, iced, cooled

    Oppositewarm, hot, heated

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  2. 2
    verb
    Past tense of chill. Use it for something that already happened.

    We chilled the drinks in a bucket of ice before the game.

    After the exam we just chilled at home and watched movies.

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  3. 3
    adjective
    Calm and relaxed, not stressed.

    My dad is very chilled and never gets angry about small things.

    We had a chilled evening at home with pizza and a movie.

    Similarrelaxed, calm, mellow, easygoing, unworried

    Oppositetense, stressed, anxious, uptight

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  4. 4
    adjective
    Feeling cold shivers because you are scared or worried.

    I felt chilled when I heard footsteps behind me in the dark.

    The ghost story left everyone at the sleepover feeling chilled.

    Similarfrightened, horrified, unnerved, disturbed, shaken

chilled is a form of chill

chill, verb: To make something cold, or to become cold, often in a fridge. Full entry

Forms
chillchills he/she/itchilling -ing formchilled past tense, past participle
Spelling
chill → chilled: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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Origin

From chill + -ed, a form already used in Middle English.