bloodcurdling
bloodcurdling
Definition
blood·cur·dling (-kʉrd′liŋ)
adjective
frightening; terrifying
bloodcurdling
Usage Examples
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.
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