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blood·cur·dling
/
ˈblʌdˌkɜrd
lɪŋ, -ˌkɜr
dl
ɪŋ
/
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[
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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bloodcurdling
(ˈblʌdˌkɜːdlɪŋ)
—
adj
terrifying; horrifying
'bloodcurdlingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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bloodcurdling
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