Growl

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Noun

Growl (plural Growls)
  1. The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound.
  2. The sound made by a hungry stomach.

Verb

Growl (third-person singular simple present Growls, present participle Growling, simple past and past participle Growled)

  1. (intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
  2. (transitive) To express (something) by growling.
  3. (software) To send a user a message via the Growl software library.

Adjectives for Growl

meaning; significant; warning; low; audible; indignant; guttural; angry; friendly; fierce.

Verbs for Growl

break into—; charge with—; emit—; enrage to—; incur—; mutter—; reiterate—; restrain—; stifle—; utter—; —arouses; —s drown; —eclipses; —reverberates; —rises from; —terrifies; —terrorizes; -—thunders; —vibrates.

Adverbs for Growl

ominously; pugnaciously; disapprovingly; menacingly; furiously; warningly; audibly; ferociously; formidably; irascibly; surlily; gutturally.

Thesaurus

bark, bawl, beef, belch, bellow, bellyache, bitch, blare, blat, blubber, boom, booming, bray, breathe, burr, buzz, cackle, cannonade, caw, chant, chirp, clamor, clang, clangor, clank, clash, color, complain, coo, crab, craunch, croak, crow, crump, crunch, drawl, echo, exclaim, flush, flute, fret, fret and fume, frown, fuss, gasp, glare, glower, gnarl, grind, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growling, grumble, grumbling, grunt, hiss, holler, howl, jangle, jar, keen, kick, lilt, lodge a complaint, look daggers, lower, mantle, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, pant, peal, pipe, raise a howl, rasp, rebound, redden, reecho, register a complaint, resound, resounding, reverberation, roar, roll, rumble, rumbling, scowl, scrape, scratch, scream, screech, scrunch, shriek, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snore, snort, sob, sough, spit, squall, squawk, squeal, take on, thunder, thundering, trumpet, twang, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, yap, yawp, yell, yelp

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