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blood-curdling

blood·cur·dling
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bluhd-kurd-ling, -kur-dl-ing]
    • /blʌd ˈkər-dəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bluhd-kurd-ling, -kur-dl-ing]
    • /blʌd ˈkər-dəl/

Definitions of blood-curdling word

  • adjective blood-curdling A blood-curdling sound or story is very frightening and horrible. 3
  • adjective blood-curdling arousing terror; horrifying: a bloodcurdling scream. 1
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Origin of blood-curdling

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; blood + curdle + -ing2

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Parts of speech for Blood-curdling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Blood-curdling

blood-curdling popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for blood-curdling

adv blood-curdling

  • eerily — uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
Just one Synonym for blood-curdling

Top questions with blood-curdling

  • what does blood-curdling mean?

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