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bloodcurdling

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blood⋅cur⋅dling

  [bluhd-kurd-ling, -kur-dl-ing]
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–adjective
arousing terror; horrifying: a bloodcurdling scream.
Origin:
1930–35; blood + curdle + -ing 2

Related forms:
blood⋅cur⋅dling⋅ly, adverb
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blood·cur·dling   (blŭd'kûrd'lĭng)   
adj.  Causing great horror; terrifying.
blood'cur'dling·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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