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Bloodcurdling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Causing great horror; terrifying.

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adj. Causing great horror or terror.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. causing sudden intense fear due to an apprehension of imminent bodily harm, to oneself or others.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. extremely alarming

Word Usage

"Now they began with what his mother described as a bloodcurdling scream, after which David would jump out of bed, knock over furniture, and run about as if trying to escape from something."

Equivalent

alarming

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

hair-raising nightmarish