growl

growl is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
2. transitive verb. To express by growling.
3. noun. The deep, threatening sound made by a surly dog; a grumbling sound.
4. noun. the sound of growling (as made by animals)

   Synonyms: growling

5. verb. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

   "he grumbled a rude response"

   "Stones grumbled down the cliff"

   Synonyms: grumble, rumble

Synonyms

growling, grumble, rumble

Common word forms

growls, growled, growler, growling

Words from these letters

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