curdle
to change into curd; coagulate; congeal.
to spoil; turn sour.
to go wrong; turn bad or fail: Their friendship began to curdle as soon as they became business rivals.
Idioms about curdle
curdle the / one's blood, to fill a person with horror or fear; terrify: a scream that curdled the blood.
Origin of curdle
1Other words from curdle
- curdler, noun
- non·cur·dling, adjective, noun
- un·cur·dled, adjective
- un·cur·dling, adjective
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How to use curdle in a sentence
She says: “It is blood-curdling and shocking and it is becoming his symbolic signature.”
It exploded, and she let out an “amazingly blood curdling scream.”
There is no more prized scalp” he shrieked—and he invested the word “scalp” with blood-curdling intensity—“than mine!
Joe Walsh Vs. Tammy Duckworth: Yelps, ‘Lies’ and Tough Talk in Illinois House Showdown | Lloyd Grove | November 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSUBTOTAL: $101.5 million a year THE BOTTOM LINE: The gross vampire product is a blood-curdling $771.5 million annually.
“Elizabeth and Richard were absolutely blood-curdling in their performance,” Lehman recorded the following morning.
But they were met by the main body of guerrillas and all came charging with blood curdling yells.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnDoubtless the captain reported on his arrival home a blood-curdling story of his encounter with pirates off the coast of Cuba.
Surely no wilder phantasy, no more outrageous, blood-curdling nightmare ever entered the most disordered brain.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyRoused from sound slumbers by blood-curdling Indian war whoops, a few escaped, but only to die of cold on their way to Albany.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberIt came quickly, mingled with a blood-curdling yell from a hundred or more savage throats.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham
British Dictionary definitions for curdle
/ (ˈkɜːdəl) /
to turn or cause to turn into curd
curdle someone's blood to fill someone with fear
Origin of curdle
1Derived forms of curdle
- curdler, noun
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