growling
present 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
Examplesofgrowling
growling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Temporal changes are controlled by: 1⁄4 flutter tonguing, double- and triple-tonguing, 1⁄4growling, and assorted gestures that create multiphonics.
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One hardly ever hears of a clerk grumbling orgrowling, although sometimes they may have said that they really cannot undertake any more work.
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In the name of common sense why are theygrowlingnow because they are earning more?
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I was about to talk about the dog barking orgrowling.
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It isgrowlingover it, it is worrying it and it is trying to bury it where no one else will find it.
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A dog normally gives a warning sign when it is about to attack someone—for example, the milkman or the coalman—bygrowlingor barking.
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The 1940s saw the development of the "open door" principle, agrowlingappreciation of the therapeutic value of occupation, and the beginning of physical methods of treatment.
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I can only hope that amidst the grim growlings of the great cannons in front of us, the small arms section behind will be forgiven any indiscretions they may commit.
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What are yougrowlingabout, then?
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I am notgrowlingabout it.
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A strong vibration of the feeler accompanied by agrowlingnoise indicated that the coil is shorted.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These characters can easily become caricatures,growlingfor gore and calling down vengeance from heaven.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, saxophonics often entails the use of altissimo, overtones,growling, and other extended techniques.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The music features deepgrowling, occasional shrieking, heavily-distorted guitar sound, plenty of tempo-changes and atonal riffs, some symphonic keyboards and computer drums.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His voice in the series seems to have been modulated to give it a deeper,growlingtone as well as the other voice actors.
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- market development
- market-development
- market-driven
- market-driven
- market economics
- market economics
- market economist
- market-economist
- market economy
- market-economy
- marketed
- marketeer
- marketeering
- market efficiency
- market-efficiency
- market equilibrium
- market-equilibrium
- marketer
- market-facing
- market-facing
- market failure
- market-failure
- market follower
- market-follower
- market forces