chilly
has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food
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[ adjective ] not characterized by emotion
Examples "a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues"-C.W.Cunningham Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The already faded pastel charms of the naive music itself vanish entirely in Fistoulari 's melodramatic contrasts between ultra vehement brute power and chilly , if suave , sentimentality . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] lacking warmth of feeling
Synonyms Examples "a chilly greeting" "an unfriendly manner" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
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