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curdled

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verb

past tense of curdle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdled
Adjective
  • The New York Fed’s latest Survey of Consumer Expectations data released Monday added more glum outlooks to the growing pile of sour sentiment readings from Americans at a time when unpredictable federal policies have caused uncertainty and recession fears to spike.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That’s the only sour taste in Sutton’s world these days.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Davis was hardly the first to succumb to the lure of the corpse flower (not to be confused with Amorphophallus titanum, which has a giant phallic protrusion and also happens to smell like rancid meat and bear the nickname corpse flower).
    Hillary Rosner, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
  • This research extends to the effects of pH and cooking temperature on meaty and species flavor, sweetness, barnyard, and rancid flavor in sheep-meat.
    ncbi rofl, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2010
Verb
  • These interviews have been edited and condensed.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This interview has been edited and condensed.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, the Grizzlies struggled with a team 34.4% shooting percentage, including a putrid 6-of-34 from 3-point territory.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Even at the end of a putrid season last December, Soldier Field was still pretty packed for the post-Christmas snoozefest against the Seattle Seahawks.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The clabbered milk registered 6.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Pancakes made with clabbered milk produced a thin, loose batter that spread more like crepes.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • Killian’s expression of violence, his expression of his existence, may have been real or may have been a fantasy cooked up in his addled head.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Apparently, Callas’s last days were like that — addled, frustrated, sad.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Gunsmoke that smells of rotten eggs wafts over the field.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2025
  • These can cause your poop to smell like rotten eggs.12 Food intolerances, like lactose intolerance or gluten sensitivity can also cause smelly poop.
    Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH, Health, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Curdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdled. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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