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  1. blood-curdling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. blood-curdling: Wordnik
  3. blood-curdling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. blood-curdling: Wiktionary
  5. Blood-curdling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. blood-curdling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Causing terror or horror.

Similar:
bloodcurdling, horrible, clawing, shocking, buttock-clenching, nerve-shredding, white-knuckle, killer, thunderstriking, horrified, more...

Opposite:
soothing, calming, relaxing, comforting

Types:
spine-chilling, hair-raising, heart-stopping, terrifying, petrifying, scary, frightening, more...

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Similar:
bloodcurdling, horrible, clawing, shocking, buttock-clenching, nerve-shredding, white-knuckle, killer, thunderstriking, horrified, more...

Opposite:
soothing, calming, relaxing, comforting

Types:
spine-chilling, hair-raising, heart-stopping, terrifying, petrifying, scary, frightening, more...



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