Growl

What do we mean by growl?

The low, guttural, menacing sound made by an animal. noun

A gruff surly utterance. noun

To emit a low guttural sound or utterance. intransitive verb

To speak in an angry or surly manner. intransitive verb

To utter by growling. intransitive verb

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.

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. noun

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

To express by growling. transitive verb

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

The deep, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal; a grumbling sound. noun

The sound made by a hungry stomach. noun

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. verb

To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds verb

The sound of growling (as made by animals) noun

A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.

(by extension) The rumbling sound made by a person's stomach when hungry.

(by extension) An aggressive grumbling.

(by extension) A low-pitched rumbling sound produced with a wind instrument.

Words that are spelled similarly to growl:
growl, grow, prowl, rowl, grown, trowl, grows, groll, gowl, crowl, grol, groel, grohl.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word growl:
snarl, whine, purr, growling, howl, hiss, falsetto, towel, scream, notification, pep, wow, inline, bite, thrash, bark, vocal, adobe, reminiscent, typhoon, lyrical, trumpet, tone, aggressive, dogs, rally, cats, lion, metal, clean, pitch, upset, sound, playoff, sounds, voice, monster, singing, sung, teeth, wolf, dog, threat, mac, soft, technique, guitar, soul, pitched, warning, bear, cat, repeated, influences, lyrics, brian, guitarist, bass, tom, animals, blues, pop, philadelphia, changing, fans, jim, adults, call, records, style, tradition.

Words that rhyme with growl:
owl, foul, fowl, scowl, towel, howl, prowl, afoul, cowl, jowl, troul, raul, waterfowl, night owl, peafowl, hawk owl, sproul, soule, houle, run afoul, barn owl, scrub fowl, guinea fowl, screech owl, sprowl, tawny owl, coull, barred owl, crowl, great horned owl, hoot owl, horned owl, towle, little owl, laughing owl, moul, red jungle fowl, game fowl, great gray owl, domestic fowl, jungle fowl, congo peafowl, blue peafowl, green peafowl, prairie fowl, crowle.

Adjectives that are often used to describe growl:
low, deep, angry, savage, loud, fierce, stomach, menacing, guttural, hoarse, ominous, soft, rumbling, occasional, distant, sullen, threatening, ferocious, muffled, sudden, throated, short, harsh, faint, surly, steady, furious, terrible, inarticulate, husky, throaty, subdued, sharp, slight, familiar, utter, rough, feral, continuous, vicious, stifled, dull, louder, terrific, suppressed, prolonged, pitched, usual, like, slow, frustrated, impatient, half, ugly, gruff, quiet, audible, preparatory, horrible, raspy, thunderous, hideous, hungry, tremendous, deeper, smothered, muted, friendly, humoured, mock, hollow, gentle, awful, natured, unmistakable, sexy, distinctive, fearful, playful, unintelligible.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective growl:
piper, defiance, day.

Consonant match to growl:
grill, grille, grail, groll, grell, graille, grall, graul, grahl, grelle.

Words that sound like growl:
growl, graal, grall, graul, grill, grail, gril, grille, gral, groll, grell, grel, grol, groel, greal, gurule, graille, gorille, crowl, girl, crawl, grouch, gurl, growled, growls, growler, grl, caroll, kroll, grau, gowl, kraal, krall, graue, krol, grauel, cruel, corral, krill, creel, chorale, creal, crill, crull, crool, croll, cral, krull, krell, crail, correll, crel, krul, kral, grong, croyle, kreel, cril, crell, crile, corail, curule, karole, kuril, gras, gall, gaul, graw, goll, gaal, gual, grah, gaulle, grai, gawl, grawe, grosh, grosch, gaule, golle, gal, gale, gail, gerbil, gaol, gayle, gael, egg roll, galle, geel, geil, geal, gerbille, gaelle, gaile, gareau, gele, gehl, augural, gerful.