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blood-curdler

blood-curdler is the alternative form of bloodcurdler.

Meaning of bloodcurdler

Noun

bloodcurdler (plural bloodcurdlers)

  1. (informal) A work of fiction that causes great horror or terror.
    Synonyms:
    blood-chiller

Forms of blood-curdler

pluralblood-curdlers

Questions about blood-curdler

What is blood-curdler the alternative form of?
Blood-curdler is the alternative form of bloodcurdler.

Words near blood-curdler in the dictionary

  1. blood-brain barriers
  2. blood-cell
  3. blood-cells
  4. blood-chiller
  5. blood-chilling
  6. blood-curdler
  7. blood-curdlers
  8. blood-curdling
  9. blood-doll
  10. blood-dolls
  11. blood-eagle

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