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bloodcurdling

[bluhd-kurd-ling, -kur-dl-ing]

Origin

adjective

arousing terror; horrifying: a bloodcurdling scream.

Origin:
1930–35; blood + curdle + -ing²

Related forms

blood·cur·dling·ly, adverb

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bloodcurdling (ˈblʌdˌkɜːdlɪŋ)

—*adj*
	terrifying; horrifying

'bloodcurdlingly

—*adv*

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bloodcurdling

1889, bloodcurdler "incident which freezes the blood," especially "sensational story," slang, from blood + curdle. Also in use in this sense was blood-freezer (1886).

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