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guttural
[guht-er-uhl]
adjective
of or relating to the throat.
harsh; throaty.
Phonetics.pertaining to or characterized by a sound articulated in the back of the mouth, as the non-English velar fricative sound
noun
a guttural sound.
guttural
/ ˈɡʌəə /
adjective
anatomy of or relating to the throat
phonetics pronounced in the throat or the back of the mouth; velar or uvular
raucous
noun
phonetics a guttural consonant
Other Word Forms
- gutturally adverb
- gutturalness noun
- gutturality noun
- gutturalism noun
- nonguttural adjective
- nongutturally adverb
- nongutturalness noun
- unguttural adjective
- ungutturally adverb
- ungutturalness noun
- ˈܳٳٳܰ adverb
- ˈܳٳٳܰԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of guttural1
Example Sentences
His song is suitably melodramatic, replete with guttural synths and creepy playground chants.
The guttural emotion following Sunday's winning putt was McIlroy shedding the weight of burden which had laid heavy.
Again, the two complied, but they missed a beat and now they were saying “Daddy, O” in a guttural way as they continued holding hands and squatting up and down.
Beth Leavel delivers a defiantly louche rendition of “The Ladies Who Lunch” from “Company” and Bonnie Langford leaves it all out on the stage in a gorgeously guttural “I’m Still Here” from “Follies.”
It doesn’t need to, as Romy’s low, primal, guttural moan at the climax of the sequence says plenty.
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