bloodcurdling

Modifies a noun

• scream: Letting out a bloodcurdling scream, he leaped forward, somehow dodging every swipe that the creature made at him.
• diatribe: On the whole, however, bloodcurdling diatribes are better studied in the hours of darkness than in the morning.
• shriek: Elcho's cavalry advanced against the Irish but were unnerved by their bloodcurdling shrieks and battle cries.
• threat: Maybe he was remembering the bloodcurdling threats which Sanzou had been making earlier.
• story: The driver and our escort discussed the bandits, competing in bloodcurdling stories of the outrages committed by them.