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growly
[grou-lee]
adjective
resembling a growl in pitch and harshness.
This cold has made my voice growly.
irritable; grouchy.
Other Word Forms
- growliness noun
Example Sentences
True to that framing, the face-tattooed rapper-turned-singer did plaintive versions of his songs “Son of a Sinner” and “I Am Not Okay” — both of which draw on his history with drugs and jail to tell stories of redemption — and brought out an actual worship leader, Brandon Lake, to sing his growly Christian-music crossover hit, “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”
When speaking about his morally questionable character’s philosophy, Bell occasionally quotes Kramer’s phrases verbatim, with the same muted ferocity and growly voice as I’ve heard him do on screen.
Like Cash with Rick Rubin, Kristofferson teamed with producer Don Was to make a series of late-in-life LPs that didn’t just acknowledge the ravages of time but glorified them with growly, close-miked vocal performances set against intimate acoustic arrangements.
A contrived growly voice assured the audience that he really did know “tough guys” and Trump was one of the toughest, “still kicking their butts.”
“Over my career, I’ve been in the ring with some of the biggest, some of the baddest dudes on the planet,” the 70-year-old Hogan said in the growly voice he wields at stage villains.
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When To Use
Growly means resembling a growl—a deep, rumbling grrrrr sound made in the throat, like a guard dog makes when there is an intruder.The verb growl means to make such a sound. Growling is typically interpreted as an attempt to intimidate or show hostility.Growling is most often associated with dogs, but other animals can make growly sounds, such as bears. People can do this, too—a young child might make growly noises when throwing a tantrum. Sometimes, it’s used in the context of a thing that’s making a deep rumbling sound, as in There were a lot of growly engine noises coming from the garage.In the context of people, the word growl is more commonly used in a figurative way meaning to say something in a low, gruff, angry tone, as in “Get out now!” he growled. For this reason, the word growly is sometimes used to mean grouchy or irritable.Example: You know how growly he can get before he’s had his morning coffee.
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