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Antonyms for curdling
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : kur-dl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr dl |
- abridge
- aid
- appease
- ascend
- assist
- be indifferent
- be intolerant
- brighten
- build
- calm
- color
- combine
- comfort
- compose
- compress
- continue
- contract
- decrease
- delight
- develop
- dilute
- diminish
- discourage
- dishearten
- disjoin
- dispersal
- disperse
- dissolution
- dissolve
- dissuade
- divide
- encourage
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- extend
- flex
- flourish
- germinate
- grow
- halt
- heat
- help
- humor
- hurt
- ignore
- improve
- incite
- increase
- individual
- indulge
- leave alone
- lessen
- let go
- liquefy
- liquify
- loose
- loosen
- lower
- make happy
- make well
- melt
- melting
- mollify
- neglect
- one
- open
- opening
- placate
- please
- prosper
- put together
- quiet
- raise
- reduce
- relieve
- repress
- ripen
- rise
- satisfy
- separate
- separation
- shrink
- soften
- soothe
- spoil
- stop
- strengthen
- subtract
- support
- thin
- thinning
- unclot
- unfix
- unite
- unsettle
- upset
- water down
- weaken
Definition of curdling
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 clot : noun blockage, mass of coagulation
- As in coagulation : noun clotting
- 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
- Remove from the fire at once to prevent the egg from curdling.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- The rapidity of curdling is also dependent upon the temperature of the milk.
- Extract from : « Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition » by H. L. Russell
- At that moment an icy thrill ran, slow and curdling, through his veins.
- Extract from : « Falkland, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Cheese and curdling of milk are mentioned in the Book of Job.
- Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present » by John Timbs
- The alcohol prevents the foaming of the soap, the soft water the curdling.
- Extract from : « The Progress of the Marbling Art » by Josef Halfer
- The captive emitted a ceaseless series of blood- curdling roars.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
- The rapidity of the curdling is dependent upon the acidity of the milk.
- Extract from : « Outlines of dairy bacteriology » by H. L. Russell
- It covered the track like a red blood-clot, and ran off sizzling, and curdling in the sand.
- Extract from : « Steel » by Charles Rumford Walker
- After this period has elapsed, active growth begins and continues more or less rapidly until after curdling.
- Extract from : « Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition » by H. L. Russell
- If a pinch of soda is used in asparagus soup, there is less danger of the curdling that sometimes occurs.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Synonyms for curdling
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- acidify
- add
- addle
- agglomeration
- aggravate
- amalgamate
- anger
- anneal
- annoy
- antagonize
- array
- atrophy
- bait
- bake
- batch
- battery
- 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
- blight
- body
- bother
- brace
- break down
- break up
- bug
- bulk
- bunch
- bundle
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- candy
- cap
- caseation
- caseharden
- cement
- chagrin
- chill
- chivy
- clabber
- close
- clot
- clotting
- clump
- cluster
- coagulate
- coagulum
- coalesce
- coalescence
- collapse
- compact
- concentrate
- concentration
- concrete
- concretion
- condensation
- condense
- congeal
- congelation
- conglutination
- consolidate
- consolidation
- contract
- cool
- corrode
- crumble
- crystallize
- curd
- curdle
- curdling
- cut to the quick
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- deepen
- defile
- degenerate
- densify
- depreciate
- deteriorate
- disappoint
- discolor
- discontent
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- disgust
- disintegrate
- disoblige
- dissatisfy
- dissolve
- dog
- drive
- dry
- dry-rot
- dull
- dwindle
- embitter
- embolism
- embolus
- enlarge
- enrage
- envenom
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- expand
- fade
- fail
- ferment
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- fret
- frustrate
- gall
- gel
- gelate
- gelatinate
- gelatination
- gelatinize
- get worse
- gird
- give chase
- glob
- glob up
- glop up
- go bad
- go off
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- goad
- gob
- group
- grow thick
- grume
- harass
- harden
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- hunt
- hunt down
- hurt
- impel
- incense
- incrassation
- indurate
- inflate
- inspissate
- inspissation
- irk
- irritate
- jell
- jellification
- jellify
- jelly
- leave no stone unturned
- lessen
- lopper
- lump
- make sour
- mildew
- mold
- molder
- mortify
- nerve
- nettle
- occlusion
- offend
- ossify
- pejorate
- perish
- perplex
- persecute
- pester
- petrify
- pique
- play dirty
- pollute
- precipitate
- press
- prod
- prop
- provoke
- pursue
- put out
- putrefy
- putresce
- rag
- rag on
- reach depths
- refrigerate
- reinforce
- repel
- revolt
- ride
- rile
- roil
- rot
- sap
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- season
- set
- settle
- shrivel
- sicken
- sink
- slump
- solidify
- sound
- sour
- spoil
- stabilize
- starch
- steady
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- suppurate
- swell
- tail
- taint
- take out after
- tauten
- temper
- tense
- thicken
- thickening
- thickness
- thrombus
- toughen
- track down
- turn
- turn inside out
- turn off
- turn upside down
- upset
- vex
- vitrify
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- widen
- wing
- wither
- worry
- yap at
- zing
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