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blood-curdling

 

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Adjective blood-curdling has 1 sense
  1. bloodcurdling, hair-raising, nightmarish - extremely alarming
    Antonym: unalarming (indirect, via alarming)

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Blood-curdling

Description:

The term "blood-curdling" is a vivid and descriptive phrase used to characterize something that is extremely frightening, horrifying, or chilling. It is often associated with experiences or events that evoke intense fear and terror.

Examples:

Adjective:

  1. The blood-curdling scream of the horror movie sent shivers down everyone's spines.
  2. His blood-curdling tales of haunted houses gave me nightmares for weeks.
  3. She let out a blood-curdling cry when she saw the spider crawling on her arm.

Verb (participial form):

  1. As I walked through the haunted house, I felt my blood curdling in fear.
  2. The bone-chilling wind caused my blood to curdle in the cold night.

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