Synonyms of curdle

curdle

verb

1

as in to sour

Related Words

• sour
• estrange
• set (against)
• anger
• infuriate
• alienate
• enrage
• aggravate
• embitter
• antagonize
• incense
• disaffect
• disgruntle
• madden
• envenom
• empoison

Dissimilar Words

• appease
• placate
• assuage
• pacify
• endear
• ingratiate
• sweeten
• mollify
• propitiate

2

as in to curd

Related Words

• curd
• thicken
• clump
• lump (up)
• gum
• condense
• stiffen
• coagulate
• freeze
• cake
• congeal
• solidify
• harden
• gelatinize
• concrete
• jell
• firm (up)
• gel
• clot
• indurate
• fix
• gelate
• jelly
• set

Dissimilar Words

• melt
• liquefy
• thaw
• fuse
• flux
• deliquesce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of curdle

But if and when that dress turns out to be just one of the outfits for a documentary that goes to the highest bidder, the wedding good vibes will curdle just a little. — Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Interest in the author’s life can curdle into obsession, as in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, in which the narrator embraces any deception necessary to acquire the letters of a dead poet. — Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Using a heatproof spatula or your favorite wooden spoon, stir until the mixture thicken slightly and reaches 160 degrees, making sure the mixture doesn’t curdle. — Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 23 May 2026

Spurious claims against those institutions, and against the judiciary that protects them, have curdled into polarizing hatreds. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026