Growl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The low, guttural, menacing sound made by an animal: the growl of a dog.
  • n. A gruff surly utterance: The desk officer answered my greeting with a growl.
  • verb-intransitive. To emit a low guttural sound or utterance.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak in an angry or surly manner.
  • v. To utter by growling: growled the orders.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
  • n. The sound made by a hungry stomach.
  • v. To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  • v. To express (something) by growling.
  • v. To send a user a message via the Growl software library.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  • v. To express by growling.
  • n. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.
  • 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.
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
  • n. the sound of growling (as made by animals)
  • Verb Form
    growled    growling    growls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emit    let out    let loose    utter    cry   
    Cross Reference
    complain    complaint   
    Form
    growled    growling    death growl   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Raul    afoul    cowl    crowl    foul    fowl    howl    jowl    owl    prowl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    snarl    rumble    howl    groan    grunt    roar    chuckle    murmur    hiss    whine