blood-curdling
adjective/ˈblʌd kɜːdlɪŋ/
/ˈblʌd kɜːrdlɪŋ/
- (of a sound or a story) filling you with horror; extremely frightening
- a blood-curdling scream/story
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBlood-curdling is used with these nouns:- shriek
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