chilled
SayCHILLD/t͡ʃɪld/
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- 2Past 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.
Note
- 3
- 4Feeling 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
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chilled is a form of chill
chill, verb: To make something cold, or to become cold, often in a fridge. Full entry
- 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.