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Synonyms & Antonyms of bloodcurdling
causing great horror or fear
- We heard bloodcurdling stories about the war.
- bloodcurdling screams
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bloodcurdling
- alarming,
- dire,
- direful,
- fearful,
- fearsome,
- forbidding,
- formidable,
- frightening,
- gut-wrenching,
- hair-raising,
- heart-stopping,
- intimidating,
- redoubtable,
- scary,
- terrifying
- appalling,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- dreadful,
- frightful,
- ghastly,
- grisly,
- gruesome
- (also grewsome),
- hideous,
- horrendous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- horrific,
- horrifying,
- lurid,
- macabre,
- monstrous,
- nightmare,
- nightmarish,
- shocking,
- terrible,
- terrific
- abhorrent,
- deplorable,
- disagreeable,
- disgusting,
- distasteful,
- loathsome,
- nauseating,
- noisome,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- offensive,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- revolting,
- sickening
- abominable,
- evil,
- foul,
- heinous,
- noxious,
- odious,
- unspeakable,
- vile
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The first known use of bloodcurdling was in 1724
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