Curdle Definition

kûrdl
curdled, curdles, curdling
verb
curdled, curdles, curdling
To change into curd.
American Heritage
To become congealed or lumpy.
The sauce curdled in the pan.
American Heritage
To form into curd; coagulate; congeal.
Webster's New World
To become spoiled or transformed into something bad.
Warm feelings curdled into distrust.
American Heritage
To cause to be spoiled or transformed into something bad.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
idiom
curdle someone's blood
  • to horrify or terrify someone
Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Curdle

  • curdle someone's blood

Origin of Curdle

  • Metathesis of Middle English crudle, from an Old English crudan (“to press, drive”) via crud.

    From Wiktionary

  • Frequentative of curd

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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