un-curdling
dl verb (used with object), verb (used without object), cur·dled, cur·dling.
Idioms 1.
to change into curd; coagulate; congeal.
2.
to spoil; turn sour.
3.
to go wrong; turn bad or fail: Their friendship began to curdle as soon as they became business rivals.
4.
curdle the/one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify: a scream that curdled the blood.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to turn or cause to turn into curd |
| 2. | curdle someone's blood to fill someone with fear |
| [C16 (crudled, past participle): from | |
| 'curdler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
curdle
c.1630 (earlier crudle, 1580s), "to thicken, cause to congeal," frequentative of curd (v.) "to make into curd" (late 14c.; see curd). Of blood, in fig. sense "to inspire horror" from c.1600. Related: Curdled (1590); curdling (c.1700, almost always with ref. to blood, in the figurative sense).
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