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spine-chilling

spine-chill ing |ˈspaɪn ˌtʃɪlɪŋ | adjective inspiring terror or terrified excitement: a spine-chilling silence.

 

Oxford Dictionary

spine-chilling

spine-chilling adjective (of a story or film ) inspiring terror and excitement: a spine-chilling tale.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spine-chilling

spine-chilling adjective a spine-chilling ghost story: terrifying, blood-curdling, petrifying, hair-raising, frightening, scaring, chilling, horrifying, fearsome; eerie, sinister, bone-chilling, ghostly; eldritch; informal scary, creepy, spooky. ANTONYMS comforting, reassuring.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spine-chilling

spine-chilling adjective a spine-chilling ghost story: terrifying, blood-curdling, petrifying, hair-raising, frightening, scaring, chilling, horrifying, fearsome; eerie, sinister; informal spine-tingling, scary, creepy, spooky. ANTONYMS comforting, reassuring.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spine-chilling

sp ne-ch lling 形容詞 通例 名詞 の前で 〗(恐怖で )ぞくぞくさせるような 〈話 映画など 〉.sp ne-ch ll er 名詞