Growl

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  • noun. The low, guttural, menacing sound made by an animal.
  • noun. A gruff surly utterance.
  • intransitive verb. To emit a low guttural sound or utterance.
  • intransitive verb. To speak in an angry or surly manner.
  • intransitive verb. To utter by growling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility, as a dog or a bear; hence, to emit a sharp rumbling sound, as the forces of nature.
  • Hence To speak in an offended or discontented tone; find fault; grumble: as, he growled at being disturbed.
  • To make reluctant; cause to grudge: used reflexively.
  • To express by growling or grumbling.
  • noun. A deep snarling and threatening sound from the throat, expressive of the hostility of an animal; hence, the grumbling or faultfinding of an offended or discontented person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  • noun. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.
  • transitive verb. To express by growling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
  • noun. The sound made by a hungry stomach.
  • verb. To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  • verb. To express (something) by growling.
  • verb. To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
  • noun. the sound of growling (as made by animals)
  • Word Usage
    ""Well, just as he was goin 'to have one more scamper, he felt a growl -- a awful, fearful, deep _growl_," -- Phillis's voice sank to a bloodcurdling and continuous gurgle -- "and he terrembled, like this!"
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    Hypernym
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    cry  emit  let loose  let out  utter  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Raul  afoul  cowl  crowl  foul  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bellow  chuckle  cough  croak  grimace  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    air a grievance  bark  bawl  beef  belch  
    verb-form
    growled  growling  growls