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15 words match “GROWL”

GROWL v. 3 definitions
To express by growling. Thomson.
GROWLER n. 3 definitions
One who growls.
GROWLINGLY adv.
In a growling manner.
DOGGISH a.
Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. -- Dog"*gish*ly, adv. -- Dog"gish*ness, n.
GNAR v.
To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly gnarre. Spenser. A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennison.
GNARL v.
To growl; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak.
GROIN v.
To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bears that groined coatinually. Spenser.
GRUMBLE v.
To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.
HEAR v.
st if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.
MUTTER v.
s partly closed; esp., to utter indistinct complains or angry expressions; to grumble; to growl. Wizards that peep, and that mutter. Is. viii. 19. Meantime your filthy foreigner will stare, And mutter to himself. Dryden.
SNARL v. 2 definitions
To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee.
SNARLER n.
One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.
TIGER n.
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U.S.]
WHUR v.
To snarl or growl, as a dog. Halliwell.
YARR v.
To growl or snarl as a dog. [Obs.] Ainsworth.