# chilled

Pronunciation: say "CHILLD" /t͡ʃɪld/

## Adjective

1. Brought down to a low temperature; made cool or cold.
   - Simple: Made cold, often by being kept in the fridge.
   - _Guests were handed chilled glasses of lemonade as they arrived at the garden party._
   - _Serve the cucumber soup chilled, with a swirl of yogurt on top._
3. Relaxed and at ease; not worried or tense.
   - Simple: Calm and relaxed, not stressed.
   - _He's pretty chilled about the deadline, even though the rest of us are panicking._
   - _The café has a chilled atmosphere, with soft music and big armchairs._
4. Feeling a cold shiver of fear; filled with an uneasy sense of dread or alarm.
   - Simple: Feeling cold shivers because you are scared or worried.
   - _She was left chilled by the calm way he described the crime._
   - _The chilled audience sat in silence as the horror film's final scene played out._

## Verb

2. Past tense of chill. — simple past of chill
   - Simple: Past tense of chill. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _She chilled the dough for an hour before rolling it out._
   - _We chilled with some old friends at the beach all weekend._

## Origin

From Middle English chilled (also spelled chylled), formed from chill + -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chilled (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).