CHILLY (chillier, chilliest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does chilly mean?
• CHILLY (noun)
The noun CHILLY has 1 sense:
1. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
Familiarity information: CHILLY used as a noun is very rare.
• CHILLY (adjective)
The adjective CHILLY has 3 senses:
1. uncomfortably cool
2. not characterized by emotion
3. lacking warmth of feeling
Familiarity information: CHILLY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CHILLY (noun)
Meaning:
Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
chilli; chilly; chile; chili; chili pepper
Hypernyms ("chilly" is a kind of...):
hot pepper (any of various pungent capsicum fruits)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chilly"):
jalapeno; jalapeno pepper (hot green or red pepper of southwestern United States and Mexico)
cayenne; cayenne pepper (a long and often twisted hot red pepper)
Holonyms ("chilly" is a part of...):
Capsicum annuum longum; cayenne; cayenne pepper; chili pepper; chilli pepper; jalapeno; long pepper (plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red)
Holonyms ("chilly" is a substance of...):
chili powder (powder made of ground chili peppers mixed with e.g. cumin and garlic and oregano)
• CHILLY (adjective)
Meaning:
Uncomfortably cool
Synonyms:
chill; chilly
Context examples:
a chill wind / chilly weather
Similar:
cool (neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat)
Meaning:
Not characterized by emotion
Context example:
a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues
Similar:
unemotional (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
Meaning:
Lacking warmth of feeling
Context example:
a chilly greeting
Similar:
unfriendly (not disposed to friendship or friendliness)
