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curdled

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verb

past tense of curdle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdled
Adjective
  • Flavors include sour red cherries and black pepper.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • However, research into the health benefits of the tart – also known as the sour, dwarf and, in the US, the Montmorency – cherry has produced some interesting results that warrant a closer look.
    Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • Davis was hardly the first to succumb to the lure of the corpse flower (not to be confused with Amorphophallus titanum, which has a giant phallic protrusion and also happens to smell like rancid meat and bear the nickname corpse flower).
    Hillary Rosner, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
  • This research extends to the effects of pH and cooking temperature on meaty and species flavor, sweetness, barnyard, and rancid flavor in sheep-meat.
    ncbi rofl, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2010
Verb
  • These interviews have been edited and condensed.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This interview has been edited and condensed.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Two of the city’s most prominent sports decision-makers, trying to tug their Broncos to the same heights these Nuggets have reached in recent years, were treated to some of the most putrid basketball anyone inside Ball Arena could’ve possibly imagined.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
  • The Wolves scored just 88 points to open the Western Conference semifinals, just 31 in a putrid first-half showing.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • The clabbered milk registered 6.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Pancakes made with clabbered milk produced a thin, loose batter that spread more like crepes.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • That his pants are always a bit too long adds to the character’s zany, addled vibe.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 May 2025
  • Killian’s expression of violence, his expression of his existence, may have been real or may have been a fantasy cooked up in his addled head.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There are two types of repellents: Taste, which often contains capsaicin and requires the animal to take a nibble; and odor, which is sulfur-based and smells like rotten eggs.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
  • The smell, an odor like rotten eggs, is the sargassum piles decomposing, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Curdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdled. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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