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English
Adjective
blood-curdling (comparative more blood-curdling, superlative most blood-curdling)
- Causing terror or horror.
- Synonym: blood-chilling
A blood-curdling scream was heard in the haunted house.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:`Yes, yes,' said the other, and chuckled in a rather blood-curdling tone.
2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:As the van hurtled towards her, she threw the bag at the bonnet of the van. As it struck, she let out a blood-curdling scream, as if she had been run over. “AAAAARRR GGGGHHHH!!!!!!”
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