Synonyms for curdling

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : kur-dl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr dl

Top 10 synonyms for curdling

Other synonyms for the word curdling

Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for curdling

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