blood-curdling

English

Adjective

blood-curdling (comparative more blood-curdling, superlative most blood-curdling)

Causing terror or horror.
A blood-curdling scream was heard in the haunted house.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  `Yes, yes,' said the other, and chuckled in a rather blood-curdling tone.

References

“blood-curdling”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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