blood-curdling
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blood-curdling — also bloodcurdling, 1817, from BLOOD (Cf. blood) + prp. of CURDLE (Cf. curdle). Also formerly with a noun form, bloodcurdler incident which freezes the blood, especially sensational story, 1877, slang; also in use in this sense was blood freezer… … Etymology dictionary
blood-curdling — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ horrifying; very frightening … English terms dictionary
blood-curdling — ▶ adjective TERRIFYING, frightening, spine chilling, chilling, hair raising, horrifying, alarming; eerie, sinister, horrible; Scottish eldritch; informal scary. * * * ˈblood curdling [blood curdling … Useful english dictionary
blood-curdling — also bloodcurdling ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A blood curdling sound or story is very frightening and horrible. Scottish history has its share of blood curdling tales. ... a bloodcurdling battle cry … English dictionary
blood-curdling — adjective a blood curdling scream Syn: terrifying, frightening, bone chilling, spine tingling, chilling, hair raising, horrifying, alarming; eerie, sinister, horrible; informal spooky … Thesaurus of popular words
blood-curdling — adjective horrifying; very frightening … English new terms dictionary
blood-curdling scream — scream which is frightening, scream of horror … English contemporary dictionary
Blood — (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blood baptism — Blood Blood (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Blood blister — Blood Blood (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
