growled
past simple and past participle ofgrowl
growl
verb[I]
uk/ɡraʊl/us/ɡraʊl/to make alow,roughsound, usually inanger:
Thedoggrowledather andsnappedat herankles.
[+ speech]"Not now, I'mbusy," he growled.
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grumbleverb
rumbleverb(SOUND)
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
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Becoming angry and expressing anger
Examplesofgrowled
growled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The sense of the word eating is similar in both cases, yet who or whatgrowledand what is or may be eaten differs greatly.
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The man eating spaghettigrowled.
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The man eating tigergrowled. 58.
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There were two guard dogs, and whenever the gate was approached the dogsgrowledand barked.
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The west highland terrier at my wife's footgrowled, made some fierce noises and showed its teeth.
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The dog was placed on the floor, but did not seem interested in the puppies: shegrowledat them when they came near her.
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The lion remained at the bottom in the sand andgrowled.
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Our west highland terrier, which was at her side,growledand showed her teeth.
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Vocals are usually guttural and may be grunted,growledor screamed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Typically, the electric guitar is performed with large amounts of reverb and feedback, while vocals, if present, are usuallygrowledor screamed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kosuke still provides most of thegrowledbacking vocals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The band's sound consists of aggressive heavy metal guitar riffs,growledvocals deriving from death metal or grindcore, shouting and melodic grunge influenced vocals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Utilizing a variety of vocal styles, their music typically featuresgrowledvocals, screaming, backing vocals, and occasional melodic singing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lyrics and delivery were notably more aggressive than was common at the time, often withgrowledor shouted vocals that dissolved into incoherent screaming.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Featuring clean andgrowledmale vocals, and female vocals, their music was heavy, slow to mid-paced, and influenced by medieval music, doom, death and goth.
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- monthly
- monthly allowance
- monthly benefit
- monthly bill
- monthly budget
- monthly cash
- monthly circulation
- monthly column
- monthly contribution
- monthly cost
- monthly earnings
- monthly expenditure
- monthly fee
- monthly income
- monthly index
- monthly inspection
- monthly journal
- monthly mortgage
- monthly payment
- monthly pension
- monthly precipitation
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