Meaning

2 senses
  1. Resembling the sound of a growl; throaty.

    She sang the blues in a tough, growly voice.

  2. Tending to growl.

    a growly old bear

Forms

growlier, growliest
Comparativegrowlier Lesson
Superlativegrowliest Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgrowliness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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