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growlgrowl /ɡraʊl/ ●○○ verb   growlOrigin: 1600-1700 Probably from the sound VERB TABLEgrowl |
| Present | I, you, we, they | growl | | he, she, it | growls | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | growled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have growled | | he, she, it | has growled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had growled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will growl | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have growled |
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| Present | I | am growling | | he, she, it | is growling | | you, we, they | are growling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was growling | | you, we, they | were growling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been growling | | he, she, it | has been growling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been growling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be growling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been growling |
- ""Come over here and say that,'' he growled.
- "Leave that alone," she growled.
- He walked into the house, growled a few words at my mother and then went upstairs to bed.
- Their dog growls at everyone.
- Barnabas dashed down the stairs and crouched by the mail slot, growling.
- Instead, after work my stomach was always growling.
- Martin, growling savagely at the yobs, daring them to interfere.
- The sun came and went, thunder clouds growling and swirling up the valley.
- The thin man complained and continued to argue but no-one took notice but Michael, who growled tersely at his cowardice.
- The wolves are growling right outside our walls, and the gate damn well better hold.
- When it got older it got real fat and started to growl at me.
different ways of saying something► whisper to say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your full voice: · ‘Don’t wake the baby,’ Jenny whispered. ► mumble to say something quietly without pronouncing the words clearly: · He mumbled his thanks. ► mutter to say something quietly, especially when you are annoyed but do not want someone to hear you complaining: · ‘This is ridiculous,’ he muttered under his breath.· She muttered something about having to go home early. ► murmur to say something in a soft slow gentle voice: · She stroked his hair and murmured, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll be all right.’ ► growl to say something in a low angry voice: · ‘As I was saying,’ Lewis growled, ‘it needs to be finished today.’ ► snarl to say something in a nasty angry way: · ‘Get out of my way!’ he snarled. ► exclaim to say something suddenly and loudly: · ‘How beautiful!’ she exclaimed. ► blurt out to suddenly say something without thinking, especially something embarrassing or secret: · It was partly nervousness that had made him blurt out the question. ► stammer/stutter to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous or excited: · ‘I’ll, I’ll only be a m-moment,’ he stammered. to say something angrily► growl to say something in a low angry voice, especially in order to make someone feel afraid: · "Come over here and say that,'' he growled.· He walked into the house, growled a few words at my mother and then went upstairs to bed. ► snarl to say something in a nasty angry way: · "Keep your dirty hands off me,'' he snarled.· Every time he asked her a question she snarled a bad-tempered answer. ► a dog growls (=makes a long deep angry sound)· The dog growled at me as I walked towards it. 1[intransitive] if an animal growls, it makes a long deep angry sound → bark, snarlgrowl at The dog growled at me.2[intransitive, transitive] to say something in a low angry voice SYN snarl: ‘Get out of my way,’ he growled.growl at ‘Who are you?’ he growled at me.► see thesaurus at say—growl noun [countable]: He heard a low growl behind him. |