uhyggelig — meaning in English

English meaning

• chilling adj Causing fear or horror.
• creepy adj Causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
• gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
• scary adjective Causing fear or unease.
• uncanny adj Strange in a way that feels unsettling or almost supernatural.

Senses

uhyggelig is used for these senses in English:

• chilling Causing mild fear.
• creepy (informal) Producing an uneasy fearful sensation, as of things crawling over one's skin.
• gruesome Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
• scary (informal) To a scary extent; scarily.
• uncanny Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

chilling — full definition

1. adj Causing fear or horror.
2. adj Making something cold.
3. noun The process of cooling something down.

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