guttural
guttural
Definition
gut·tural (gut′ər əl)
adjective
- of the throat
- loosely produced in the throat; harsh, rasping, etc.: said of sounds
- characterized by such sounds a guttural language
- articulated with the back of the tongue close to or touching the soft palate, as the (g) in gum; velar
Etymology: L guttur, throat < IE *gut-, *gutr, throat < base *gēu-, to curve > cod
noun
- a sound produced in this way
- a symbol representing such a sound
gut′·tur·ally adverb
gut′·tur·al·ness noun
guttural
Synonyms
guttural
modif.
Antonyms
guttural
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- deep: It all gazes out on to a permanent lagoon inhabited by hippos that loll submerged, emitting plumes of water and deep guttural snorts.
Modifies a noun
- pouch: Long term problems A chronic carrier state or recurrent, chronic disease may be long term problems if the guttural pouch becomes infected.
- vocal: Their dynamic guitar assault combines brilliant single-note leads and pummeling power chords, offset by the melodic and guttural vocals.
- tone: Valarien took a deep breath and began an incantation in chilling guttural tones.
- noise: Soon after his burial terrible screams and strange guttural noises issued from the grave, and the house was plagued by poltergeist activity.
- sound: They seemed to communicate with " guttural sounds " .
- voice: To his amazement, the House of Fraser lady stood up and in a gravelly, guttural voice asked him to shift.
Browse dictionary entries near guttural
- guttersnipe
- gutter
- guttate
- gutta-percha
- gutta
- gutsy
- guts
- gutless
- Guthrie
- Gutenberg
- gutturalize
- gutty
- guv
- guy
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Guyana
- Guyenne
- guyot
- guzzle
- gv
