growl

Speech parts

1. growl - Noun

2. growl - Verb

Meaning

To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

To express by growling.

The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rumble grumble growling bay crow yap burr bray coo thunder yelp caw bellow call howl
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Antonyms

bellow adore celebrate silence acclaim admire
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Hypernyms

emit cry utter let out let loose

Derivatives

growled growling

Anagrams

glowr

Examples

The teacher usually learns more than the pupils. Isn't that true? "It would be hard to learn much less than my pupils," came a low growl from somewhere on the table, "without undergoing a pre-frontal lobotomy." Douglas Adams

I have to mime at parties when everyone sings Happy Birthday... mime or mumble and rumble and growl and grunt so deep that only moles, manta rays and mushrooms can hear me. Stephen Fry

Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 't is their nature too. Isaac Watts

I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel Johnson

If you can bite hard you can growl just as hard. Vince Lombardi

Growl not at guests, nor drive them from the gate but show thyself gentle to the poor. Viking Proverb

Close letter words and terms

growing warmth growing weary on growingly growl out growler growlery