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curdled

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verb

past tense of curdle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdled
Adjective
  • There's no doubting Parsons' end in Dallas was sour.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As the album progresses, Larsson jumps between the more sweet and sour emotions that percolate in the heat.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But there are other, non-football gripes which have soured the relationship between the fans and ownership.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But Greenfield and Cohen’s relationship with Unilever soured over the past several years, particularly after Ben & Jerry’s resolved to cease selling its ice cream in Israeli settlements in 2021.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Time for some more electrolytes, but it’s clumped in the tube!
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The NewCows the drones brought us were odd animals, and even odder once clumped together in a herd.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Thatched roofs curve like waves over centuries-old hanok in Hahoe Folk Village—where earthen walls cradle courtyards perfumed with pine and fermented soy.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • At least one study has found, for example, that younger children will not recoil from rancid odors that provoke disgust in older children and adults, which suggests that these responses might be learned.
    Franklin Schneider, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His unwillingness to shift and Florida’s subsequently rancid offense came to a predictable inflection point last week.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Raiders started the game 1-of-8 on third-down conversions and finished the day a putrid 3-of-14.
    Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Against a quarterback in Russell Wilson that was on the hot seat entering week two after a putrid showing to open the season a week prior, the 10-time Pro Bowler delivered 450 yards through the air, the second-most in his illustrious Hall of Fame-caliber career.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Her short hair was heavily gelled, giving it that high-gloss finish.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Curdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdled. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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