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Antonyms for curdled
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : kur-dl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr dl |
- abridge
- agreeable
- aid
- appease
- ascend
- assist
- attenuated
- be indifferent
- be intolerant
- blah
- bland
- brighten
- build
- calm
- cheerful
- clean
- clear
- color
- combine
- comfort
- compose
- compress
- continue
- contract
- cordial
- decrease
- delight
- develop
- dilute
- diluted
- diminish
- discourage
- dishearten
- disjoin
- disperse
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- dull
- easy
- encourage
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- extend
- flex
- flexible
- flourish
- fresh
- friendly
- germinate
- good
- grow
- halt
- happy
- heat
- help
- humor
- hurt
- ignore
- improve
- incite
- increase
- indefinite
- indulge
- intelligent
- kind
- leave alone
- lessen
- let go
- light
- liquefy
- liquify
- loose
- loosen
- lower
- make happy
- make well
- melt
- mild
- mollify
- neglect
- new
- nice
- open
- perfumed
- placate
- pleasant
- please
- prosper
- pure
- put together
- quiet
- raise
- reasonable
- reduce
- relieve
- repress
- ripen
- rise
- satisfy
- sensible
- separate
- shrink
- slack
- slight
- smart
- soft
- soften
- soothe
- spoil
- stop
- strengthen
- subtract
- support
- sweet
- tasteless
- tasty
- thin
- trivial
- unclot
- uncrowded
- understandable
- unfix
- unfriendly
- unite
- unsettle
- unsociable
- upset
- water down
- watery
- weaken
- wise
- wonderful
Definition of curdled
Origin :- 1630s (earlier crudle, 1580s), "to thicken, cause to congeal," frequentative of curd (v.) "to make into curd" (late 14c.; see curd). Of blood, in figurative sense "to inspire horror" from c.1600. Related: Curdled (1590); curdling (c.1700, almost always with reference to blood, in the figurative sense).
- As in rancid : adj rotten, strong-smelling
- As in sour : adj bad-tasting; gone bad
- As in thick : adj concentrated, dense
- As in sour : verb alienate
- As in spoil : verb decay, turn bad
- As in stiffen : verb make or become harder
- As in thicken : verb set; make more dense
- As in turn : verb become sour or tainted
- As in gelatinize : verb coagulate
- As in indurate : verb harden
- As in inspissate : verb thicken
- As in clot : verb coagulate
- As in coagulate : verb clot
- As in congeal : verb coagulate
- As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
- As in displease : verb make unhappy
- As in harden : verb make or become solid
- As in hound : verb chase, badger
- In thrush the tongue is covered with white patches like curdled milk.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- Furthermore, he was so daffy and curdled in the Filbert that he sold three times as much as he had.
- Extract from : « Ade's Fables » by George Ade
- One had a look of my dead Mary; but the other curdled my blood, and yet it was the same!'
- Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell
- A whitish matter, which may be curdled, is discharged from the nose.
- Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
- Her mind was blind with wrath: the cream sauce of the chicken was curdled.
- Extract from : « The Californians » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
- I pray you, Raoul, to use your wits, for mine are all curdled in my head.
- Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- At least she was alone; and yet to be alone chilled her marrow and curdled her blood.
- Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
- "It remains for you to prove your desire," said Petey in curdled tones.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- It turned sour and curdled, and became malice and all uncharitableness.
- Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
- As soon as it has curdled, remove it; and when cold, pour it into a vial, and cork it.
- Extract from : « The Pyrotechnist's Treasury » by Thomas Kentish
Synonyms for curdled
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- acerb
- acetic
- acetose
- acetous
- acid
- acidic
- acidify
- acidulated
- acrid
- add
- addle
- aggravate
- amalgamate
- anger
- anneal
- annoy
- antagonize
- astringent
- atrophy
- bad
- bait
- bake
- be at
- be impaired
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- become contaminated
- become rancid
- become tainted
- become useless
- benumb
- bird-dog
- biting
- bitter
- blight
- bother
- brace
- break down
- break up
- briny
- bug
- buttress
- cake
- caked
- calcify
- callous
- candy
- cap
- carious
- caseharden
- caustic
- cement
- chagrin
- chill
- chivy
- clabber
- clabbered
- close
- clot
- clotted
- coagulate
- coagulated
- coalesce
- collapse
- compact
- compressed
- concentrate
- concrete
- condense
- condensed
- congeal
- congealed
- consolidate
- consolidated
- contaminated
- contract
- cool
- corrode
- crowded
- crumble
- crystallize
- curdle
- curdled
- cut to the quick
- cutting
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- decomposing
- deep
- deepen
- defile
- degenerate
- densify
- depreciate
- deteriorate
- disagreeable
- disappoint
- discolor
- discontent
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- disgust
- disgusting
- disintegrate
- disoblige
- dissatisfy
- dissolve
- dog
- drive
- dry
- dry-rot
- dull
- dwindle
- embitter
- enlarge
- enrage
- envenom
- evil-smelling
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- expand
- fade
- fail
- feculent
- ferment
- fermented
- fetid
- firm
- fix
- fixed
- fortify
- fossilize
- foul
- freeze
- fret
- frowzy
- frustrate
- fusty
- gall
- gamy
- gel
- gelate
- gelatinate
- gelatinize
- gelatinous
- get worse
- gird
- give chase
- glob up
- glop up
- gloppy
- go bad
- go off
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- goad
- gooey
- green
- grow thick
- gummous
- gummy
- gunky
- harass
- harden
- harry
- hassle
- heavy
- heckle
- hector
- high
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- hunt
- hunt down
- hurt
- impel
- impenetrable
- impervious
- impure
- incense
- indurate
- inflate
- inspissate
- irk
- irritate
- jell
- jelled
- jellied
- jellify
- jelly
- keen
- leave no stone unturned
- lessen
- loathsome
- lopper
- lump
- make sour
- malodorous
- mildew
- mold
- molder
- moldy
- mortify
- musty
- nasty
- nerve
- nettle
- nidorous
- noisome
- noxious
- off
- offend
- offensive
- olid
- opaque
- ossified
- ossify
- pejorate
- peppery
- perish
- perplex
- persecute
- pester
- petrify
- piquant
- pique
- play dirty
- pollute
- polluted
- precipitate
- press
- prod
- prop
- provoke
- pungent
- pursue
- put out
- putrefactive
- putrefied
- putrefy
- putresce
- putrescent
- putrid
- rag
- rag on
- rancid
- rank
- reach depths
- reeky
- refrigerate
- reinforce
- repel
- repulsive
- revolt
- ride
- rile
- roil
- ropy
- rot
- salty
- sap
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- season
- set
- settle
- sharp
- shrivel
- sicken
- sink
- sloppy
- slump
- smelly
- solid
- solidified
- solidify
- sound
- sour
- soured
- sourish
- spoil
- stabilize
- stale
- starch
- steady
- steel
- stiff
- stiffen
- stinging
- stinking
- strengthen
- strong
- suppurate
- swell
- syrupy
- tail
- taint
- tainted
- take out after
- tart
- tauten
- temper
- tense
- thicken
- thickened
- toughen
- track down
- turbid
- turn
- turn inside out
- turn off
- turn upside down
- turned
- unhealthy
- unpleasant
- unripe
- unsavory
- unwholesome
- upset
- vex
- vinegary
- viscid
- viscous
- vitrified
- vitrify
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- whiffy
- widen
- wing
- with a kick
- wither
- worry
- yap at
- zing
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