Word info

spine chilling

Adjective

Meaning

spine chilling

(rare) Alternative spelling of spine-chilling

spine-chilling (comparative more spine-chilling, superlative most spine-chilling)

Inducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction.
The children's mother was worried that the spine-chilling ghost film would give them nightmares.

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spine-chilling

Examples

And now you'll see too, as you watch this fully restored 1932 version of Robert Louis Stevenson's spine-chilling masterpiece. Source: Internet

However, the dreadful and spine-chilling incident that took the lives of 40 CRPF jawans reveals the painful fact of how colossal our intelligence lapse was. Source: Internet

Horror is designed to elicit spine-chilling, white-knuckled, eye-bulging terror; melodramas are designed to make viewers cry after seeing the misfortunes of the onscreen characters; and pornography is designed to elicit sexual arousal. Source: Internet

“This spine-chilling medical thriller has so many twists and turns, you may feel compelled to finish it in one siting…whip-smart…the start of an impressive new career.” Source: Internet

Starting 26 November, stream the spine-chilling thriller directed by Vivy Kathiresan and produced by Krishna Chaitanya. Source: Internet

There Patterson saw fresh tracks—for him an almost unbearably exciting, spine-chilling experience. Source: Internet

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