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bloodcurdling

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

adjective

  1. arousing terror; horrifying:

    a bloodcurdling scream.



bloodcurdling

/ ˈ²ú±ôÊŒ»åËŒ°ìɜ˻å±ôɪŋ /

adjective

  1. terrifying; horrifying
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú±ô´Ç´Ç»åËŒ³¦³Ü°ù»å±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú±ô´Ç´Ç»åc³Ü°ùd±ô¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bloodcurdling1

First recorded in 1930–35; blood + curdle + -ing 2
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After six seasons, Peaky Blinders reached its bloodcurdling finish on TV in 2022 and had used the West Midlands backdrop for many locations, such as the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.

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One woman let out a “bloodcurdling†scream, which Runyan said would “stick with him forever.â€

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Yet I was also transfixed: Chris Nash’s direction is so persuasively bold — brazen, really — and bloodcurdlingly coolheaded that his unusual shocker is impossible to dismiss.

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From deep within the cave came what was probably supposed to be a bloodcurdling roar.

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It was just after their third break that they turned a darkened corner and Brooklyn let out a bloodcurdling scream.

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