bone-chilling

bone-chilling
adjective /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ,ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/
a) Very cold.

I arrived on a day of this last cold bone-chilling month of December.

b) With a strong physical or psychological unpleasant effect.

Ever since that bone-chilling post- two-parter [...] just cant say no to drugs.


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